{"id":23892,"date":"2024-08-11T20:34:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T00:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=23892"},"modified":"2026-03-22T10:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:50:16","slug":"bloody-acquisitions-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/23892","title":{"rendered":"Bloody Acquisitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bloody Acquisitions<\/em><\/a> (2016) Drew Hayes<\/a> (Fred, the Vampire Accountant #3)<\/p>\n

\"Bloody<\/a><\/p>\n

Power is useful, Fred, never doubt that, but far more useful is the perception of power.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You went to all this trouble, just to avoid running.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t that I didn\u2019t want to run,\u201d I told her. \u201cI just didn\u2019t want to leave so much behind.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This was a family matter, and I\u2019d done enough estate work to know those were always more complicated. As much as they claimed it was about the business, there were also decades of fighting, disagreements, and other troubles to contend with, all compacted by the sense of loss<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Fredrick Frankford Fletcher, Krystal Jenkins, Neil, Albert, Bubba Emerson, Amy Wells, Richard Alderson, Gideon, Arch, Charlotte Manor, Asha Patel, Sheriff Leeroy Thorgood, Deputy Ixen\/ Nax, Ainsley Clover, Zane Clover, Petre House of Turva, Lillian, Gerda and Oskar<\/p>\n

Cover design by Ashley Ruggirello<\/p>\n

Publisher: REUTS Publications<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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You went to all this trouble, just to avoid running.\u201d \u201cIt wasn\u2019t that I didn\u2019t want to run,\u201d I told her. \u201cI just didn\u2019t want to leave so much […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191,292,2,204,41,34],"tags":[259,260,313],"class_list":["post-23892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-ebook","category-fantasy","category-good","category-reread","category-urban-fantasy","tag-drew-hayes","tag-fred-the-vampire-accountant","tag-vampires"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-6dm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17534,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/17534","url_meta":{"origin":23892,"position":0},"title":"Bloody Acquisitions","author":"Michelle","date":"June 26, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Bloody Acquisitions (2016) Drew Hayes (Fred, the Vampire Accountant) Despite what film and television might have led to you believe, joining the undead does not inherently make one suave, cool, or even particularly more socially competent. 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