Review: Entertaining novella
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2012
Synopsis: Spinoza is a man haunted by his past - the tragic loss of his family and his own guilt are never far from his mind. He works every single day in his private detective job to help other families avoid the same heartbreak by searches for the missing, especially children. So when an elderly lady comes to him pleading for help in finding her adopted teenage granddaughter, he is unable to resist her obvious distress and agrees to take on the case. He dismisses the lady's claims that her granddaughter is a vampire slayer as teenage goth nonsence; but the closer he gets to finding the young woman, the more he realizes he may have bitten off more than he can chew.The story moved fast, without lulls in the action. After having read a half dozen J.R. Rain books, I have realized that all his male characters are essentially variations of the same person - sarcastic white guy, works as some sort of investigator, has substance abuse issues. Based on the Samantha Moon series, I really think J.R. Rain has the ability and the talent to step away from writing that same character repeatedly, and I really wish he would.