News from the Edge: Vampires of Vermont (Mass Market Paperback)

by Mark Sumner (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
The newest case for Savvy McKinnon, a reporter who sniffs out bigfoots, aliens and angels. This time, an interview with a vampire goes from dead to worse...

"If the Cat Who... books could meet The X-Files...a mystery with a blend of science and fiction that will leave readers looking for more News From the Edge."--Laurell K. Hamilton

"Fast-paced, amusing..."--Locus

"Sheer entertainment!"--The Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Ace (July 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441006280
• ISBN-13: 978-0441006281
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,903,192 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lukewarm, July 5, 2000

By	mellion108 (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

Savvy (Savannah) Mckinnon is a reporter for the tabloid "Global Query". As such, she often finds herself pursuing bizarre events barely qualifying as news. In this installment of the NEWS FROM THE EDGE series, Savvy is on the trail of a self-proclaimed vampire. When she travels to meet Count Yorga, she expects a quickie interview and easy story; what she finds is a murder mystery and conspiracy with herself smack dab in the middle of the action.
This is a light, quick read and at just under 200 pages, I was able to finish it in one sitting. I truly enjoyed the wry humor laced throughout the story, but I never felt as if the characters are fully fleshed out. This might be a good one to finish up by the pool or on the beach. But if you're looking for hard hitting vampire fiction, skip this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Books that The Chronicle is based on, July 27, 2001

A Kid's Review

If you have been watching The Chronicle on the Sci Fi Channel then you know that these are the books that the series is based on. What you may not know is that the books are different than the series! The books have a girl reporter named Savvy and the paper she works at is not the World Chronicle. In this book Savvy investigates a story about a vampire. The story is exciting with some violence and a lot of strange things happening. but dont expect to see Tucker or the other people from the Chronicle! I can see how they got the idea for the tv show from these books but they changed a lot of things. The book is funny and I will read more of them.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An okay book., April 11, 2001

By	Scott Shirley (Rochester, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This was an interesting read. Savvy McKinnon is a reporter for a gossip paper much like The Globe. She has been doing an artice on Count Yorga, a self-porclaimed vamipre. Savvy get's a call from the Count, and he's not pleased. The next thing that Savvy know's is that she's on her way to do an "interview with a vampire". Then the Count drops dead, and bites her in the process, Savvy's life will change. She is getting pale, and smack dab in the middle mystery. Savvy had to find out who killed the Count, why he was killed, and how can she stay alive. Alls in a days work for a reporter.

The char were weak and not really developed. I felt that most of the char's could have been in a Film Noir movie, complete with the cheesy dialouge and the predictible (in the Film Noir world) situations that the chars found themself in.

This is a shrt book of just under 200 pages and is a quick read. If you're looking for a detailed vampire book, this isn't it. Granted, this isn't a bad read, just don't expect to much.

Condider this as a book that starts off as a watered down vampire book with an X-Files ending.

You might want to give this book a chance. There was a lot of toung and cheekness to it.