Bloodcircle

The Vampire Files: Bloodcircle (1990) P.N. Elrod

The third book in The Vampire Files series, Bloodcircle, seems to clear up the last bits of Jack Flemming’s past. Jack and Charles Escott decide to travel to New York to see if they can discover what happened to Maureen.

I have to say that it’s a good thing Jack’s already dead, because he really takes a beating in these books. Last two books he got shot repeatedly–several times in the head–plus he’s gotten the crap beat out of him in every book. Of course, being dead already, he doesn’t have to worry about health insurance of paying hospital bills. So he’s lucky there.

Although there is nothing in this story that particularly struck me or stuck out, it was still interesting–a decent mystery–and it was still fun to read.

I’m still not convinced of the setting however. It’s not she’s done anything wrong as far as the details–the details are all spot on–I just never feel like I’m reading story set in the 1930s. There’s something about the dialog that still feels modern to me. But again, it’s not something that kept me from enjoying the story, it’s just something that sits in the back of my mind as I read.

I’m looking forward to the next Jack Flemming omnibus. We’ve already got seven, eight, and nine. Now I just have to wait for The Vampire Files II when it comes out in September.
Rating: 7/10

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