Those Who Dwell in Darkness

An Urban Fantasy Thriller

By: Steve McHugh

Narrated by: John Banks

Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

The hunt for a serial killer leads a vampire agent to uncover a terrifying conspiracy in this dark urban fantasy by the author of the Hellequin Chronicles.

Vampires and humans live side by side thanks to an uneasy peace maintained by the Assembly. As an Arbiter for the powerful organization, Miles Watson is authorized to act as judge, jury, and executioner for anyone—living or undead—who breaks the law. But now Miles is up against a threat more sinister than anything he's seen in his centuries as a vampire.

A criminal network in London is offering wealthy humans the chance to become vampires without the Assembly's consent. When the process goes disastrously wrong, the Boss wants to eliminate any trace of the fiasco. But a rogue enforcer refuses to play along, and trouble quickly escalates out of anyone's control.

As Miles sets off searching for the illegal vampires, he finds himself on the trail of a monstrous serial killer. The twisty investigation takes him from London's deadly underworld to the rural backwaters of the Pacific Northwest—where an even more devious criminal enterprise threatens all of vampire-kind . . .

Known for his terrifying tales of urban fantasy, author Steve McHugh goes even deeper into the shadows with this noirish vampire thriller, which masterfully combines suspenseful plotting and intricate world-building.

©2023 Steve McHugh (P)2023 Podium Audio

Loved the book

So once again Steve didn't disappoint I love the character of this world, just liked all the other Steve McHugh worlds. I would love to learn more of where Church and Miles come from so I hope there are more books.

Great start to a awesome series

If Vampires exist . This is how I’d like them to be. I’m excited to watch the main character and his cronies grow. Loved church!

Interesting

Liked that it was difficult to guess what was happening. Interesting world building elements. Looking forward to the continuation of miles Watson’s story.

I actually good vampire story!

For the first time ever, I actually enjoyed a vampire book. I truly am impressed by the unique systems put in place and the backstory that has been built up. Thus far I look forward to the next installment, and thanks again for a great book!

Great dark heroes

In the vein of his other series, McHugh delivers another great dark hero. The violence balanced with the character and good intent make this book one of my instant favorites.

New Series!

One thing that I have to make very clear is that I am a huge fan of Mr. McHugh. I have read all of his series (or at least all of the ones that I am aware of) and when I saw that there was a new series beginning, I was so excited. So, I clicked the buy button without a second thought.

I think that I have realized that sometimes the things that are going on in our or the readers personal life at the time can somewhat impact your experience while reading. Why do I say that? Well, because this was the Christmas season, I had a ton of things to get done, my stress levels were though the roof (kind of the antithesis of what we should be experience...isn't that ironic?) well, anyway, I think my patience on delving into a new series may not have been at its best level.

With that being said, I did enjoy the book. I liked the setting, I liked the characters that we were being introduced to and I am actually looking forward to seeing what is going to come next. Unfortunately, I just don't think I can gush as much as I usually do and that I think is on me.

So- let's see what book 2 has to offer and we can figure out if my crazy Christmastime hypothesis is correct :)

So much fun with Church

I totally loved every minute of this book. The world starts out with human predators all over the earth. Their predators are vampires. But who do vampires fear? Is there something more that goes bump in the night?

Great story! Soso narration

Audible listener, love the story. The narration threw me off quite a bit but kept going. Another great book!

Not sure

I'm not sure about this series yet. I'll get the next book to decide if I will continue with this series.

Terrific!

Those Who Dwell in Darkness
By Steve McHugh
This book was so awesome! Two of my favorite series is from McHugh! If this is the start of another series then I am onboard!
It has vampires, corruption, illegal changing of people to vampires. A serial killer. An Arbiter named Miles, (who decides cases on his own, decides if they are guilty, what do do about it, then punishes), is following this case that leads him further into darker secrets.
This book has a good mystery, horror, creatures, great world building, the creep factor, and had me cheering for Miles who is a powerful being himself! I was never bored! Very exciting and fresh!
Love the cover too! Love his dog too! That's Church! Part vampire!