Long before Buffy showed the world how tough girls could be, Mercedes Lackey created Diana Tregarde. Diana is a Guardian charged with saving innocents and destroying evil wherever she finds it. Because if she doesn't, evil will find her-and kill her first.
In Children of the Night, Diana is running her friend's occult shop in New York City when trouble does finds her. Mr. Trouble, as she calls him, is a vampire whose psychic power makes her radar go off the charts. So when she discovers that he's the new benefactor of ex-boyfriend Dave Kendall's band, she's not surprised to see how bad Kendall looks. It will take all of Diana's power-and the aid of a sexy vampire protector with a score of his own to settle-if she's to save Kendall now....
In Burning Water, Diana gets a call from Detective Mark Valdez, an old college friend turned cop. When Valdez realizes that the serial killer stalking Dallas is not human, he knows he needs help. Unfortunately, Tezcatilpoca, an angry Aztec god, is on the rampage and Diana fears she's met her match. But as luck would have it, Texcatilpoca isn't the only god in the world.
In Jinx High, Diana is summoned to Oklahoma by an old friend who fears that his teenage son is in supernatural danger from a fellow classmate. Faye Harper, the "it" girl with a mean streak a mile wide, is actually a sorceress whose power is disturbing. So disturbing, in fact, that an ancient being who slumbers underground is being awakened by it...and all hell is about to break loose-literally. Jacket art by Chris McGrath. (Approx. 800 pp.) 1989-1991.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
At last, all the Diana Tregarde books in one!,
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This review is from: Diana Tregarde Investigates (Children of the Night, Burning Water, & Jinx High) (Hardcover)
I discovered Diana Tregarde years ago, but only was ever able to find "Burning Water" and "Jinx High" - the 2nd & 3rd books. So I was so excited to find this volume, that includes all THREE books - "Children of the Night" (the first) and the two previously mentioned. I plan to do individual reviews of each book on their respective pages, so as not to take up too much space here, but if you are a fan of the earlier Anita Blake books, or the new books by Kim Harrison, you will truly enjoy Diana Tregarde. Click on "See all my reviews" if you don't want to search up each individual book to read my review of each specific book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
3 great witchy stories in 1 book...,
By Judy Smith "judylynnsbooks" (jamestown, ky United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Diana Tregarde Investigates (Children of the Night, Burning Water, & Jinx High) (Hardcover)
Diana is a witch and a guardian who is in charge of taking care of any bad things that come her way or else bad things will happen to her. She also writes romances on the side to pay the bills!
The first story Children of the Night has her helping out an old boyfriend and meeting a vampire (which she didn't know really existed until this moment). The vampire is a good guy and they work together to try and save a band group that has been possessed. This story is told from Diana's point of view and she kept referring to things that happened in the past...well, she would hint at them but not come right out and tell the whole story. I found this rather annoying (as I thought we should be told everything!) and I liked the second story Burning Water better because it was told by Mark Valdez, a former college friend and now police officer. He made Diana more likeable that I had thought her in the first story. In Burning Water she is helping him track down a killer or killers who is wiping out the population of Dallas at a fast rate. Diana doesn't find it easy to track down an angry Aztec god who has taken over a human man in Dallas. It was really a good story and fast paced. The third story is called Jinx High. Diana is called to Oklahoma to help out an old college chum from her Spook Squad days who thinks someone is after his son. This story is told by the high school kids as well as Diana. Some kids have already met their deaths in odd ways and she must find out who the witch is that is destroying the town. She never dreamed it would be a 300 year old witch. There was one annoying thing about this story also (which is why I graded it 4 instead of 5)...the author kept mixing up the name of the main kid. Sometimes he was Deke and sometimes Derek. That should have been caught by the proofreader. It was a little distracting but I liked the book anyway. All 3 stories have some humor also.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Diana Tregarde Series (short though it is...),
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This review is from: Diana Tregarde Investigates (Children of the Night, Burning Water, & Jinx High) (Hardcover)
I totally agree with the other reviewer in compairing the Diana Tregarde series (all 3 of the books) to Anita Blake(LK Hamilton) and the Hollows (Kim Harrison). I discovered Tregarde first,and really wish that Ms.Lackey hadn't received so much flack about this set, and had continued it. This is an excellent insight to a rich occult world, and will keep you reading throughout the night simply to finish the book.
I can only hope one day that Ms.Lackey will add to the series. But for now, if you're a fan of either of the other mentioned authors, by all means check this set out! GSL
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