The Winter Man (Paperback)

by Denise Vitola (Author)

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Product Description
Nicki Chim is a forensic hematologist, one of the best her peers have ever seen. Her blood work is fast and flawless...almost too fast. And her colleagues would be very surprised to know just what tools she uses to glean such minute, dead-on details: her lips, her tongue...and her teeth. For Nicki Chim is more than just a scientist. She is a vampire. A killer is stalking the city of Washington, D.C. They call him the Winter Man. He strikes during the soft peace of snowfall, committing grisly murders with odd drugs, surgical tools, and chilling detail. The Winter Man takes his time. He cares about his work. And this winter, the snows have run deep... Chim will need all of her powers--scientific and supernatural--to find him. And her time is running short, for another snowstorm is on the way. Soon she must unlock the hidden secrets of the dead, or face a bitter winter. A winter too bloody even for a vampire...

Product Details

• Paperback: 370 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (May 9, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1438217706
• ISBN-13: 978-1438217703
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,110,731 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vampires can exist., July 17, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: The Winter Man (Paperback)

I found it to be extremely well detailed on the locations of Washington, DC and surrounding areas, keeping the city alive for me while reading. Nicki seems real and the twist on vampirism in the story is very good. The 'Dracula' syndrom is broken. The story flows well and keeps you turning pages in an attempt to figure out who the 'Winter Man' actually is. I made time to read--I had to know! It is a murder mystery with a very capable sleuth--move over Columbo. Maybe vampires do exist--Denise Vitola makes you think so!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An intelligent Vampire-detective mystery, November 28, 2000

By	K. Maxwell "katmax1" (Perth, Australia) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: The Winter Man (Paperback)

This is a well written, easy to read novel. Nicki Chim is forensic hematologist (a specialist in blood), who works on contract for various people, including the police department in washington DC.

This book chronicles both the investigation into a serial killer called 'the winter man' and Nicki's private life which is getting more complicated than she would like. The characters are believable and the author has well thought out her sub-culture of vampires in the modern world without going into obessive detail.

If you like a good mystery and run across a second hand copy of this book it's worth picking up and reading. The fact that Nicki is a vampire is in many ways almost incidental to the story, it's just something she has to 'live' with and work around.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Succulent , April 22, 2008

By	Nancy Robinson Masters (Abilene, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Seeing anything written by Denise Vitola become available makes my mouth water. Everything I've read by her has been a delicious bite of pleasure. She is a mistress of skillful weaving of words and I'm licking my lips in anticipation of reading this one! If you haven't read her other books, you should. If this is your first Vitola, I warn you that you will be addicted if you enjoy the vampire genre. She writes, you'll drool.