• Bloodlist

  • The Vampire Files, Part 1
  • By: P. N. Elrod
  • Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
  • Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (1,045 ratings)

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Bloodlist

By: P. N. Elrod
Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
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Publisher's summary

I've always had a weak spot for strange ladies. One very beautiful girl had even warned me that she was, get this, a vampire. But did I listen? No.

Before you know it, I'm being chased by an ugly thug with a gun, and a bullet blasts its way through my back, and, believe it or not, nothing happened. I survived! How? You guessed it. I, Jack Fleming, ace reporter, have been transformed into a vampire, which has its advantages. You never die, you never grow old, you sleep all day, and, best of all, you can hunt down your own murderer.

Bloodlist is the first novel in an exciting vampire adventure series.

©1990 P.N. Elrod (P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"The pace is fast....Intriguing....An updated version of the old pulp novels." (Science Fiction Review)
"An entertaining blend of the detective story and the supernatural." (Science Fiction Chronicle)

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    5 out of 5 stars

A unique perspective on vampire novels.

I first got hooked on Elrod's adventures about Jack Flemming, an average decent guy who becomes a vampire, in my late teens. My aunt had them on the bookshelf, it seemed a short read for a time killer, but ended up being so entertaining that I added all of Elrod's books to my collection and am finally to the point where any newly released novels I end up getting in hardback.

The setting of the books is in the 1920's-30's, in the height of the mob's power. The series is written in first person, which is refreshing in itself, but Elrod takes a story with the standard "dime novel" detective cliche's and dresses them up into something that's really interesting and doesn't feel rehashed at all.

Give this one a shot, I doubt you'll regret it, and more than likely you'll end up picking up the rest of them before they can pump out the audio books.

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  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • M.
  • 04-03-07

Fun Read

While I was totally new to this series, I decided hey, what the heck; and I'm glad I did. What a fun little ride. Is it a great work of literature, no. Will this be a timeless vampire story, again sadly no, but it is worth a read. It's fun, unique, and totally different than anything in this genre, it is much more a film noir sort of story than a vampire tale, but it is enjoyable. I wasn't thrilled with the ending, but then I find that the ending of a book, no matter how good, is still the end, and if you like a book, then you hate to see it coming. It was a little trite, but still enjoyable enough for me to go on and read the rest of the series. Wonder why audible doesn't have at least one or two of the others in this series?!

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    5 out of 5 stars

Sam Spade meets Dracula & Mr Holmes

What a fantastic series I have read the first three on my own I wish that audible would get the whole series, really original and keeps you on the edge. Yes you must stretch your imagination but don't you have to do that with most fiction. More Of this series PLEASE

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    5 out of 5 stars

More more more

I love this series in print and was thrilled to see book 1 in Audio. In the past I have been let down by the audio version of a book I really liked as a result of narration quality or simply a narrator who's voice talent does not fit the topic. I am thrilled to say that neither is the case here. Whitener has taken the persona of Jack Fleming as his own in a way that truely brings the tale to life. My only complaint is that with 10 books so far in the series we have not seen any more of them here in Audio.

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    5 out of 5 stars

New kind of vampire

Loved this story because of Elrod's spin on the legend. Her vamp isn't a slavering beast overcome with bloodlust, but an average guy trying to work out how to survive within the limitations that his 'condition' imposes on him. A very good tale. Can't wait till the next book is on audible.

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The Narrator Put Me to Sleep

Talk about a snooze fest! The narrator sounded as though he just learned how to read. I finally made it through the book, but it was like pulling teeth! I will make note of the narrator's name (Barrett Whitener) so that I avoid future books read in his monotone voice.

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First of an Excellent Series

Bloodlist is the first of an eleven book series. I found this first one at Audible, liked it, and read the next ten in the series. I'm looking forward to Audible getting the rest on line. Some of the plot twists can be a stretch, but on the whole the characters and plot lines are great story telling.

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    5 out of 5 stars

one of my all time favorite books

Another most have for any sicfi fan.I have listen to this one over and over again.
More than just another vampire book. IT take you there and ask you what you would do if you woke up DEAD.

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Kind of Like the Shadow..

This is a good read. It is a fast paced action filled series. It is a bit thin on explanations of the vampire world, but hey, it works.

This is basically the novel equivalent of an old radio serial (much like the shadow). The only supernatural element in this book is the fact that the main character is a vamire. Everyone and everything else is plain old vanilla human. Really, you could just have easily removed the vampire element and this would be a very good pulp-style mystery.

Much like in a pulp novel the charchters are a bit on thin thin side, mainly just sterotypes. The thing that makes the books work is the author does a great job of presenting the emotional elements in this book. There is a lot of violence, but none of it is glamorized and is shown in all its brutality. The main character is powerful, but balanced by inexperience and naiveté.

There is a romance element to the novel, but it does not dominate the story. This is a vampire book with a romance involved not a romance novel that happens to contain vampires. That is a major distinction in my book. While a bit stereotypical in places this is a fun read and well worth a listen. It kind of makes me wish someone would write a full-length Shadow novel though.

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    5 out of 5 stars

Fabulous Book!

I've read this book several times in print form, and I never stop enjoying it! I was ecstatic to find the first two books in this wonderful series in audio form, and I quite enjoyed the performance. I look forward to hearing the readings of the rest of the books in the series.

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