title: Shadows in Their Blood
author:  Marian Babson 
description: In this humdrum mystery, Babson ( Encore Murder ) unsuccessfully attempts to evoke a creepy, B-movie ambience by casting her series regulars in a second-rate Dracula remake. Trixie Dolan, the somewhat scatterbrained narrator, and Evangeline Sinclair, her peevish cohort, were once stars of the silver screen; now they're forced to share a suite in a drafty, gloomy English castle that doubles as the vampire flick's set. The accommodations are most unpleasant: bats fly through the halls, the director intentionally serves only red wine and other blood-colored fare at mealtimes and his mistress has the obligatory unusual wound on her throat. Finally, after a pompous actor is stabbed to death, Trixie and Evangeline themselves are suspected of being immortal bloodsuckers. For all Trixie's breathless complaints about the unbearable tension, this mystery remains sluggish. Thin characterization dulls the interest, and such conspicuously odd players as a wax-museum curator and a disfigured former screen idol seem more benign than threatening. Even with the stock pieces in place, Babson creates neither foreboding mood nor hair-raising drama. <BR>Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  A PLACE FOR REPENTANCE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  By Suzanne Downes
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Sixth Underwood Mystery
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The rights of Suzanne Downes as author of this work have been asserted by her
  in accordance with the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1993. All rights
  reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
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  This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance of any of the characters to persons
  living or dead is strictly coincidental
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  Also by Suzanne Downes
  
  
  The Underwood Mysteries
  
  
  A Noble Pair of Brothers
  
  
  Food for the Gallows
  
  
  Behind the Horseman
  
  
  An Aria Writ in blood
  
  
  Yield Not to Misfortune
  
  
  A Place for Repentance
  
  
  
  
  
  Other Titles
  
  
  The Devil Drives a Jaguar
  
  
  Blood and Stone
  
  
  An Empty Handed Traveller
  
  
  A Troublesome Woman
  
  
  
  
  
  Children’s Books
  
  
  Cassie’s Quest
  
  
  
  