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Sir John Falstaff—undead & misbehaving in San Francisco. Original trade paperback 282 pp ISBN 9781597190381 $18.95 | Adobe PDF, ePub & Mobipocket ebook ISBN 9781597190398 $4.99 | About the author | Lynne Murray's website | Library Request Form (PDF) Click on a link to buy from the Pearlsong Press store: New ebook cover June 2016 Buy from your favorite retailer: Psychologist Kris Marlowe doesn't believe in vampires, until a silver-tongued rogue rises out of a coffin at dusk, introduces himself as Sir John Falstaff, and hypnotizes her into letting him taste her blood. Kris's best friend Vi, who writes vampire romances, jumps at the chance to interview a real vampire. Fellow psychologist and paranormal cult expert Bram von Helsing also would love to meet an actual vampire. Kris remains skeptical, thinking she's just encountered one of San Francisco's many sanity-challenged individuals. Then in an attack of spine-tingling horror a horde of murderous monsters descend on the San Francisco neighborhood. Faced with creatures that kill with a single glance, Kris and everyone she cares about must fight for their lives. But how? In this dark fantasy with urban paranormal attitude, the only chance of survival for Kris and her friends is to seek help from the biggest bad boy in tavern-haunting history, who once drank ale and now drinks only blood—Sir John Falstaff, undead and misbehaving in San Francisco. Also by Lynne
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PRAISE for The Falstaff Vampire Files "In modern-day San Francisco, Sir John Falstaff, the charming rogue made famous by Shakespeare in his play Henry V, is a centuries-old vampire who has lost none of his captivating manner. Murray (Bride of the Living Dead) combines rich storytelling with humor to spin a fun, exciting tale." Library Journal "Can you really take Shakespeare and Stoker and
create something original? This book does! Although novices to the vampire and vampiric parody fields will
find the work a laugh-a-minute, people who have some familiarity with Dracula and works of Shakespeare will
find this even more wonderful. Written in Dracula's journal style, but updated, the work name-drops like no
one's business, is clever and punny, as well as extremely aware of the meta nature of vampiric
literature. In addition, it adds new elements to the vampire mythos. "WOW! Clear the decks before you start Lynne Murray's new novel The Falstaff Vampire
Files, because you're simply not going to want to put it down. A wonderfully fresh and original
take on a genre grown somewhat stale, Murray takes us on a roller coaster ride with a no-nonsense heroine, a
peripatetic coffin, and a Falstaffian vampire who is, well, Falstaff. Alternatively funny (who knew there
were vampire lawyers? On second thought, it makes perfect sense!) and creepy (with truly scary entities from
the spirit world that will have you peeking carefully around the curtains when things go bump in the night),
with a little sexy romance thrown in for good measure, you're going to hate to see this story end. But
when it does end, do yourself a big favor and check out Murray's earlier novels as well—beginning with
Larger Than Death. You won't be disappointed. "There is ample fun to be found in The Falstaff Vampire Files, which posits a cozy alliance of San Francisco humans and vampires against a far more evil force which equally terrifies them both. Lynne Murray's subtle, generous sense of humor and deft characterization skills result in a cast readers will feel happy having spent time with, particularly the vampire of the title, a refugee from Shakespearean times who turns out, in his own unkempt and boisterous way, to be every lonely single woman's fondest dream." Andrew Fox |
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