Review: Not Your Run-of-the-mill Vampire Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2014
At first glance, “A Passing Curse” seems like a run of the mill supernatural thriller riding on the popular cult status of vampires and the supernatural in recent media. We are further affirmed of this belief but the books description of the gruesome murder committed by the “Anaheim Vampire.” As we delve deeper into the book, the story settles into position as a police procedural. This is particularly emphasized as our lead character is a disgraced former police detective. The reader experiences the world through the eyes of a detective, whose pragmatic and empirical senses cause us to doubt whether some supernatural conspiracy is at play or a more human evil is afoot.“A Passing Curse” is an interesting read as it blends thrills of a supernatural mystery with the atmosphere of a police noir. I would highly recommend this to fans of either genre.