Murder by Blood

A Duke Becker Novel

De: Gary Kassay

Narrado por: Nicholas Cain

A Duke Becker mystery series—book 5.

A woman has been murdered and her body is drained of blood. Plus two small punctures on her neck has the Special Investigations Homicide squad, led by Inspector Duke Becker, thinking the absurd. Has she been killed by a vampire? Of course no one believes it, but when an investigation into vampires leads to a club in the heart of New York City, there are doubts.

The club, Blood is the Life, turns out to be a place where people can engage in bizarre activities, including the drinking of human blood. Soon there are more deaths, each with the blood drained from the bodies. One of Duke’s men, Detective Bing Cherry, goes undercover into the club, facing off with the mysterious club owner. Can Bing pull off the strange undercover role, even drinking human blood in the process?

Meanwhile, Bobby Greene, former member of the Special Investigations Homicide squad and now a private investigator, has a new case. A man has come for help with his daughter. Her personality has changed drastically, and she has become aggressive, disobedient, and missing for days at a time. Bobby is asked to follow her, find out what is bringing about these changes.

Bobby takes on the case and it leads directly to the Special Investigations vampire case. Little does Bobby suspect his case and Becker’s case will lead to some amazing revelations. Besides Bobby’s wife Michelle, who works with Becker, the other members of the squad will be placing their lives in danger. From the ancient ruins of the real Castle Dracula to the streets of New York, the case will bring both the squad and Bobby Greene to the lip of the abyss.

Besides this case, there is an old victim from Inspector Becker’s earlier cases with evil on his mind. He will place Duke, his wife Liz and their two twin sons in mortal danger. The twists and turns keep coming until the astonishing end!

©2018 Gary Kassay (P)2025 Cherry Hill Publishing