Synopsis:
"His stuff is badass!" ~ New York Times bestselling author, Larry Corriea.
Trapped in a hotel packed with vampires. Only seventeen hours to find a killer. Paranormal investigator and soul without a body, Vincent Graves, is forced to work his newest case with a living nightmare out of legend. And if the two of them don't find a way to solve this together, they'll be caught in a supernatural coup that will unleash a horde of vampires on the world.
This day is going to suck...
>>>>>>>>
I freaking love this series!
Virdi does it AGAIN with a fantastic (or should I say, fang-tastic?) installment of modest proportions--story-wise, but in no way lacking in quality! It's been almost two and a half years since I read the last book in the series, Grave Dealings--so diving back into this madcap "disembodied soul" and all of his sarcasm and outrageous shenanigans was a welcome experience!
This time, instead of being spread all over a city, and strung out over the course of a few days, Vince awakens in the basement of an abandoned building on one end of town, and ends up in a swanky hotel where most of the plot plays out. Having such close quarters in which to plot an entire mystery, set up clues, and take the reader through plenty of plot twists and red herrings is no easy feat--but Virdi pulls it off with his trademark snark and punchy conversations (and, you know, plenty of actual punches, too!), complete with a collection of no less than four varieties of vampires, plenty of innocent victims to get caught in the crossfire, whom he will have to defend in the course of bringing justice to his host's killer--and one very enigmatic Card Duvall--a character I absolutely loved, the minute he waltzed in and addressed Vince by name. In a series with a premise where the main hero has to go by a different identity every time he awakens in a new body, it was a nice touch to allow him to be "himself" for once!
It's intense, dark at times, and especially gory (duh! Vampires) but it really got me excited for the next book in the series, whenever it comes out! I really appreciate how writers like Virdi can have their fun and put their characters through the absolute worst and most outrageous situations without ever actually killing them (being a soul without a physical body has its perks, I guess!) but in the process, makes some very keen observations about life in general, and specific quirks of humanity in particular. It's masterful, brilliant writing that keeps me coming back for more!
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Further Reading: (Paranormal/Supernatural Investigations/Also By The Author)
The Grave Reports--R. R. Virdi
-Grave Beginnings
-Grave Measures
-Grave Tidings (*This book)
-Grave Dealings
The Books of Winter--R. R. Virdi
-Dangerous Ways
-The Longest Night Watch, Volume 1--Lacey D. Sutton (Editor)
-Charon, Unguarded--A. H. Johnstone
-Beasts of Babylon--E. A. Copen
-Notna--J. D. Cunegan
-The Tannis Project--Daryl J. Ball
The Runespells Series--Sarah Buhrman
-Too Wyrd
Tales of the Fallen--Katika Schneider
-Devotion
Stories of Togas, Daggers And Magic--Assaph Mehr
-Murder in Absentia
Alexi Sokolsky: Hound of Eden--James Osiris Baldwin
-Burn Artist
-Blood Hound
The LouisiAngel Series--C. L. Coffey
-Angel in Training
-Angel Eclipsed
-Angel Tormented
Judah Black Series--E. A. Copen
-Guilty By Association
-Blood Debt
>>>>>>>>
I freaking love this series!
Virdi does it AGAIN with a fantastic (or should I say, fang-tastic?) installment of modest proportions--story-wise, but in no way lacking in quality! It's been almost two and a half years since I read the last book in the series, Grave Dealings--so diving back into this madcap "disembodied soul" and all of his sarcasm and outrageous shenanigans was a welcome experience!
This time, instead of being spread all over a city, and strung out over the course of a few days, Vince awakens in the basement of an abandoned building on one end of town, and ends up in a swanky hotel where most of the plot plays out. Having such close quarters in which to plot an entire mystery, set up clues, and take the reader through plenty of plot twists and red herrings is no easy feat--but Virdi pulls it off with his trademark snark and punchy conversations (and, you know, plenty of actual punches, too!), complete with a collection of no less than four varieties of vampires, plenty of innocent victims to get caught in the crossfire, whom he will have to defend in the course of bringing justice to his host's killer--and one very enigmatic Card Duvall--a character I absolutely loved, the minute he waltzed in and addressed Vince by name. In a series with a premise where the main hero has to go by a different identity every time he awakens in a new body, it was a nice touch to allow him to be "himself" for once!
It's intense, dark at times, and especially gory (duh! Vampires) but it really got me excited for the next book in the series, whenever it comes out! I really appreciate how writers like Virdi can have their fun and put their characters through the absolute worst and most outrageous situations without ever actually killing them (being a soul without a physical body has its perks, I guess!) but in the process, makes some very keen observations about life in general, and specific quirks of humanity in particular. It's masterful, brilliant writing that keeps me coming back for more!
Rating: *****
Find the book at: https://subscribepage.com/gravetidings
Further Reading: (Paranormal/Supernatural Investigations/Also By The Author)
The Grave Reports--R. R. Virdi
-Grave Beginnings
-Grave Measures
-Grave Tidings (*This book)
-Grave Dealings
The Books of Winter--R. R. Virdi
-Dangerous Ways
-The Longest Night Watch, Volume 1--Lacey D. Sutton (Editor)
-Charon, Unguarded--A. H. Johnstone
-Beasts of Babylon--E. A. Copen
-Notna--J. D. Cunegan
-The Tannis Project--Daryl J. Ball
The Runespells Series--Sarah Buhrman
-Too Wyrd
Tales of the Fallen--Katika Schneider
-Devotion
Stories of Togas, Daggers And Magic--Assaph Mehr
-Murder in Absentia
Alexi Sokolsky: Hound of Eden--James Osiris Baldwin
-Burn Artist
-Blood Hound
The LouisiAngel Series--C. L. Coffey
-Angel in Training
-Angel Eclipsed
-Angel Tormented
Judah Black Series--E. A. Copen
-Guilty By Association
-Blood Debt
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