Stalking the Vampire: A Fable of Tonight [Kindle Edition]

Mike Resnick (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Resnick's often hilarious sequel to Stalking The Unicorn continues the offbeat investigations of PI John Justin Mallory, now a permanent resident of an alternate Manhattan. Mallory suspects that his new partner, eccentric Col. Winnifred Carruthers, has been victimized by a vampire, and that the guilty party is her nephew, Rupert Newton, recently arrived from Europe. Before the night gets much older, Newton himself turns up dead, and Mallory assembles his motley crew of allies to track down the killer. This time, his team includes Scaly Jim Chandler, a dragon with hopes of making it as a pulp author, and a vampire who prefers tomato juice to blood. Readers with a taste for supernatural whimsy will find much to enjoy. (Aug.) ""
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From Booklist

PI John Justin Mallory’s back from Stalking the Unicorn (1987); it’s All Hallows’ Eve in the Manhattan “otherworld” of goblins, vampires, zombies, and such; and his trusted partner, Winnifred Carruthers, is pooped from the excitement and preparation for this Manhattan’s major annual holiday. Turns out her fatigue and paleness result from visiting nephew Rupert’s bite marks on her neck. Before you can say “Type A-positive, straight up,” Rupert’s found dead, and the hunt is on for his evil Maker, ancient vamp Aristotle Draconis. Aided by cat-woman Felina and vampire Bats McGuire, Mallory and Carruthers visit under-the-radar clubs and events like the annual zombies’ ball and encounter some otherworldly lairs and residents. Resnick’s off-kilter humor describes nightly appearances of troll toughs and gremlin girls who break into song à la West Side Story and conjures such excruciating torture as being tied to a slab to hear every word of Silas Marner without a potty break. A curiously satisfying update of Depression-era screwball comedies’ breezy, rapid-fire repartee that meshes well with both detective and vampire genres. --Whitney Scott

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 1942 KB
• Print Length: 270 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1591026490
• Publisher: Pyr (July 31, 2008)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B002E9HAE4
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,125 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Mike Resnick is the author of numerous science fiction novels and short stories, including Dragon America, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Amulet of Power, Mutiny, Return to Santiago, and Santiago. He is the editor of This Is My Funniest and has won five Hugo Awards and the Nebula Award. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you, June 23, 2009

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Shala Kerrigan (Anchorage) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stalking the Vampire: A Fable of Tonight (Kindle Edition)

For getting this out on Kindle so soon after I hit the "I'd like to read this on my Kindle" button.
I read the first book, Stalking the Unicorn years and years ago when it first came out, and while I was making a list of my favorite fantasy detective stories, I found this one.
John Justin Mallory is a Manhattan detective who found himself in an alternate fairyland type Manhattan with monsters, demons and other mythological beings and creatures. He has a partner who was a very well known hunter of monsters and a cat-girl office cat who's attitude is very catlike.
It's as much rollicking good fun as the first book with just as unlikely a cast of characters. The story is solid and enjoyable, and John Justin Mallory is a detective you feel sorry for and root for during the book because of all the troubles he's seen. The dialogue is quick and funny, at times laugh out funny.
Looking forward to the 3rd book in this series!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hard boiled PI, with about a 25 degree twist to the strange, November 15, 2008

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Dave in Missouri - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stalking the Vampire: A Fable of Tonight: A John Justin Mallory Mystery (Hardcover)

John Justin Mallory, a tough, wise-cracking Big City PI who prefers brains and assistance to guns and brass knuckles, and uses a fast $5.00 bribe rather than a fast smack to the face.
Good thing, since some of these hoods aren't overly affected by bullets or fist fights, but everyone could use a saw buck.

He works the streets of a Manhattan that is recognizable but takes some strange loops and curves from time to time.
Familiar places have names that aren't quite what he remembers, and streets sometimes appear only when you're actually looking for them.

These streets are infested with trolls selling things. If only the things they were selling were even remotely things you'd want to buy.
Businesses are surpassingly weird...but quite useful at times.

Resnick has a writing output like Niagara Falls, but of them all, I like John Justin and his friends and enemies the most.
With lots of good plotting, some inside jokes, and people you'd recognize, it makes for a enjoyable, memorable read.
This is one you'll want to read again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great sequel, February 17, 2009

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Robert N. Trumpis "Bob T" (Memphis, Tennessee United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stalking the Vampire: A Fable of Tonight: A John Justin Mallory Mystery (Hardcover)

This book is a great sequel to Stalking the Unicorn. I hope this becomes a series.