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It's an election year, and the race is very close. Reporters are trying their hardest to find a breaking story, a scoop that will make a career and possibly tank a candidate's chances for winning. (Can you say timely?) At the same time, there has been a rash of killings around the country. Cade knows that an old enemy has resurfaced; not everyone in the inner circles of Samuel Curtis's campaign want to believe that this is a real threat. Cade has fought this evil before, and knows that things can only get worse, not better. He's right, and not just about the killer. Zach's father reappears, which causes some problems, both for Zach and for the campaign. There is a reporter with an axe to grind; she keeps digging for dirt, which means, of course, that she finds some. I've enjoyed Farnsworth's work since I read the first book in this series. He's taken two radically different sub-genres and blended them into consistently readable and enjoyable books. RED, WHITE AND BLOOD is no exception. Politics is a dirty business, and the campaign as depicted in BLOOD bears a striking similarity to what can be seen on my television on a nightly basis, no matter which talking head I'm watching. Farnsworth's whole take on the vampire legend(s) is unique, and yet doesn't take the reader into totally unlikely territory. The bad guy in BLOOD is another example of Farnsworth taking something readers all recognize and then ratcheting up the terror another notch. Cade has fought this guy before, and each time he knows it won't be the last. Cade, as a character, doesn't change much - he's a vampire. The reader does learn more about his past in each book, although never a great deal. Zach, in this book, reveals again the flaws that got him this vampire handler job in the first place. Some of the recurring characters in previous books take a more prominent place in BLOOD, which bodes well for the next book in the series. I, for one, think it can't come soon enough. § P.J. Coldren lives in northern lower Michigan where she reads and reviews widely across the mystery genre when she isn't working in her local hospital pharmacy.
Reviewed by P.J. Coldren, June 2012
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