Journal Entry 1 by elsi from Sanger, Texas USA on Saturday, July 25, 2009

First in the Occult Special Investigator series.

From the back cover:

That's a dead vampire, I though. My boss dragged me out of bed at two in the morning to see a dead vampire? I might be an Occult Special Investigator for Vancouver' Mystical Crime Lab, but a dead vampire is routine and no reason to disturb a person's sleep. Then I took a closer look at the body...

Tess Corday soon realizes that there is not going to be anything ordinary about this case—not the lab results on the cause of death; not Mia Polanski, the teenage girl living at the address found in the vamp's pocket, who may well be in thrall to a demon; and certainly no Lucian Agrado, the necromancer who is liaison to the vampire community. Agrado is supposed to be part of the solution, but Tess suspects he might be a part of the problem.

Under pressure from her boss, Tess is trying to go by the book on this one. But when Mia reaches out to her, she risks her career to help the girl—and finds herself in the middle of a paranormal conspiracy that will change her life forever.

Or possibly end it...

Journal Entry 2 by elsi at Paranormal VBB, BookObsessed Swap -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Released 2 yrs ago (2/16/2010 UTC) at Paranormal VBB, BookObsessed Swap -- Controlled Releases

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Mailed to Rianonne who selected it from the Paranormal VBB at Bookobsessed.com 

Journal Entry 3 by Rianonne from Wien Bezirk 22 - Donaustadt, Wien Austria on Thursday, February 25, 2010

Arrived safe and sound in Vienna :-) Thanks a lot for sending elsi!! 

Journal Entry 4 by Rianonne at Wien Bezirk 22 - Donaustadt, Wien Austria on Wednesday, July 27, 2011

This story is basically an attempt to write a CSI episode with paranormal characters thrown in.
I'm sorry to say but this was a hard read. At no point in the story was I ever able to connect with the characters. I think the dialog between the characters is written in such a way that it is not believable. Sometimes its hard to tell which character said what. The author also chooses to give overly large explanations of items or powers that are not needed.

But make it short: This book just did not flow for me.  

Journal Entry 5 by Rianonne at -- Per Post geschickt/ Persönlich weitergegeben --, Wien Austria on Friday, August 05, 2011

Released 9 mos ago (8/5/2011 UTC) at -- Per Post geschickt/ Persönlich weitergegeben --, Wien Austria

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Lieber Finder!
Gratulation, dass Sie das Buch gefunden haben! Ich hoffe, Sie werden es mögen!
Ich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn Sie sich die Zeit nehmen, Ihre Meinung über das Buch nach dem Lesen hier einzugeben!
Das ist anonym und kostenlos für Sie!
Danke und viel Spaß beim Lesen :-) 

Journal Entry 6 by Sulfur at Wien Bezirk 01 - Innere Stadt, Wien Austria on Friday, August 05, 2011

Got the book at our BC-MeetUp. I'm looking forward to reading it. Thanks to Rianonne.