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Once Bitten

By: Stephen Leather
Narrated by: James Langton
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As a psychologist for the Los Angeles police department, Jamie Beaverbrook has seen it all. Or so he thinks until the night a full moon brings out the crazies, including Terry Ferriman. Trouble is, Terry isn’t exactly crazy. But how else can the police explain finding the girl in an alley off Sunset, crouched over a man’s lifeless body, her mouth smeared with blood? After an interview that is unsettling at best, the good doctor decides to dig deeper into Terry’s story. What he discovers is that a world he previously imagined to exist only in horror movies is actually flourishing in the shadows of L.A. Vampires are real, walking among - and feeding on - humans every day. Beaverbrook knows he should be frightened, but his fascination with Terry is all-consuming. And when he realizes that a shadowy government organization has captured several vampires, including Terry, Beaverbrook must decide just whose side he is on…

©2012 Stephen Leather (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
Fantasy Horror Mystery Thriller & Suspense Scary Fiction Paranormal Suspense

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I am a great Stephen Leather fan and have thoroughly enjoyed his Dan Shepherd and Jack Nightingale stories in particular. This book is rather different to his usual genre, being based on a very clever twist as to how genetically unusual individuals have, over the centuries, become the basis for the mythical creatures called vampires. They still exist in the modern world, but are hunted by the government, who want to take them apart, mentally and physically, in order to understand the genetic reasons for their longevity. This sounds dull, but the story is far from that. It is a gripping story of the developing relationship between a psychologist, employed by the Police Dept. to profile criminals who allege they are insane and a beautiful young woman, who turns out to be one of these genetically mutant individuals. It had me utterly gripped and the ending was the real bite in the tale. Not at all what I expected. An excellent and entertaining download. I heartily recommend it to you.

A bite in the tale.

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Loved it, not what I expected at all. Really good narration loads of twists and I thought the ending was perfect

Awesome

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Struggling to get passed an hour due to the damned awful narration. It's like he's never read a book out loud, let alone attempted different accents. Each sentence is said badly, each the same intonations. I found myself re-saying them inside my head. Please please someone rerecord this book with someone who knows what they're doing! Have given in at 1 hour so can't comment on the actual story except that it seemed interesting up to this point.

OK but...

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Very different from Leather's other works but it left me wanting more - if anything it's just a shame it's not a storyline that was pursued further

Something different

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I bought this book with my credits for a long haul flight. I was very pleasantly surprised. I say give it a go

Enjoyed allot more that I was expecting to

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