Carole Nelson Douglas
(1944- )
Award-winning ex-journalist and novelist Carole Nelson Douglas has written sixty novels ranging from historical and contemporary mystery and romance to science fiction thrillers to high and urban fantasy. No wonder her home office is a Twilight Zone landscape of mannequins in vintage dress. She’s a four-time Rita Award finalist and has RT Reviews Magazine lifetime achievement awards in Suspense, Mystery and as a Pioneer of Publishing. Currently, she writes two popular Las Vegas-set series: the Midnight Louie, feline PI, mysteries partially narrated by a “Sam Spade with hairballs” and the Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator, noir urban fantasies of werewolf mobsters and Silver Screen zombies in a paranormal Sin City. Douglas was the first author of a Sherlockian series with a female protagonist, diva-detective Irene Alder, the only woman to outwit Holmes, debuting with the New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Good Night, Mr. Holmes. Douglas says if she has a literary muse, it’s definitely feline: mysterious, wise, playful, and packing sharp shivs in velvet gloves.. Learn more at her
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Vampire Sunrise By Carole Nelson Douglas
Vampire Sunriseis the third book in the tales of Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator in the world of post-Millennium Revelation Las Vegas by Carole Nelson Douglas. First, let me say that while I personally struggled through parts of Vampire Sunrise and the series as a whole, it offers several things that are worthy of high praise. For instance, this is one of the more unique urban fantasy settings I’ve read in a while.
Post 2000 Las Vegas is inhabited not only by the standard cast of werewolves and vampires but also by Cin-Sims, a sort of Cinematic Simulacrum created from zombies overlaid with old movie characters. The concept is original, fun and intriguing, and the cast of characters generally strong. Moreover, the thematic hotels of Vegas form a fun backdrop for place, time, ... Read More
More books by Carole Nelson Douglas
Sword and Circlet — (1982-1989) Publisher: They were two outcasts from their kind, scorning each other. But only together could they survive in a world where magic was dying.
Probe — (1985-1988) Publisher: When a beautiful, emaciated woman is found on a remote cliff, completely naked and apparently lacking all memory of who she is, psychoanalyst Kevin Blake is assigned to the case and becomes obsessed with unlocking her memory.
Taliswoman — (1991-1992) A third novel may eventually be written. Publisher: Reporter Allison Carver finds herself in the Land of Veil, a once-pristine world now on the verge of ruin. Her only guide is Rowan, a quarrelsome fellow on a quest for the powerful Cup of Earth.
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