Graveyard Shift

By: Michael F. Haspil

Narrated by: Michael Kramer

Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's Summary

Police procedurals go supernatural in this gritty urban fantasy debut by Michael F. Haspil in Graveyard Shift.

Alex Menkaure, former pharaoh and mummy, and his vampire partner, Marcus, born in ancient Rome, are vice cops in a special Miami police unit. They fight to keep the streets safe from criminal vampires, shape-shifters, bootleg blood dealers, and anti-vampire vigilantes.

When poisoned artificial blood drives vampires to murder, the city threatens to tear itself apart. Only an unlikely alliance with former opponents can give Alex and Marcus a fighting chance against an ancient vampire conspiracy.

If they succeed, they'll be pariahs, hunted by everyone. If they fail, the result will be a race war bloodier than any the world has ever seen.

©2017 Michael F. Haspil (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

Critic Reviews

“Gritty urban fantasy and hard-boiled noir packed into a hand grenade of awesome!” (Mario Acevedo, author of Werewolf Smackdown)

Can't wait for the sequel!

If you could sum up Graveyard Shift in three words, what would they be?

Vampires are back

What other book might you compare Graveyard Shift to and why?

For some reason, the good episodes of Supernatural

Which scene was your favorite?

Without any spoilers, I liked the part back in history. Hopefully there is more on this in future books.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The book was very graphic all the way through.

Any additional comments?

Listen to it on Audible. The narrator does a fantastic job. It's like this book was written for him. Thoroughly enjoyed the book overall. Great storyline,characters and Haspil did a fantastic job creating a world for them. Can't wait for the sequel!

5 of 5 people found this review helpful

Vampires and humans living in harmony?

Not quite!
This was a fun, easy listen police procedural with vampires, werewolves with a reincarnated mummy as the lead detective.
Lots of blood, gore, some gratuitous and graphic sex.
What was disappointing was the character development and back stories were lacking, just a taste of who these ancients were.
I hope the writer will continue the story and show us the history.
Excellent narration by Michael Kramer.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

mummy's and vampires OOHH MYYY

Where does Graveyard Shift rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

10 for 10 would listen again

What was one of the most memorable moments of Graveyard Shift?

Menkaure healing up and finding the roman gladius for tag team combo against the lich king !

Have you listened to any of Michael Kramer’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

usually i hear Micheal Kramer in high fantasy settings. it was GREAT to hear him heading into dark urban themes.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

i was asked 3 different times on the work site .. why are you laughing so hard !

Any additional comments?

Do yourself a favor and read\ listen to this book !

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

an original take on Vampires

with as many vampire stories it is difficult to come up with something that hasn't been done to death. Haspil has a amazing amount of talent.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

This novel rips

Fantastic narration. A truly unique story with lots of intrigue. For some reason my mind started thinking about the story arc being like a narrative dungeons and dragons game but set in the modern day. I hope it becomes a series

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

awesome

awesome read. can't wait for the next book to come out. recommend for everyone to read.

This is what urban fantasy needs!

Vampires are out in the open now and UMBRA, a top secret group of government-funded vampire hunters, has been dismantled. Now Alex, a former UMBRA agent, has to navigate a new world of bloody drinks at every corner store and a good chunk of the world that operates at night instead of the day. Instantly, I was captivated by this main character. Alex isn’t your typical vampire hunter. He’s got some supernatural secrets of his own. And a cat.

The former Pharaoh, Alex Menkaure, now lives in Miami working as Detective Alex Romero. A murder mystery needs to be solved fast before more civilians and Nocturnes (as vampires like to be called) die. When it became apparent that someone has been tampering with commercially available blood drinks (Hemo-Synth), I did flash to True Blood briefly. While this central plot point may not be original, the story still worked really well.

Marcus, Alex’s partner, is also a vampire, one who once was a Roman Imperator. So the two do most of their work at night. They eventually team up with some unlikely allies to solve this murder mystery and bring down the criminal mastermind going by the name Abraham. Marcus and Alex have great banter between them. I often enjoyed a dark chuckle.

Betrayal and dangerous enemies make life hard for Alex. I enjoyed all the action. There was never a dull moment. I really hope for a sequel. 4.5/5 stars.

The Narration: Michael Kramer has long been a favorite voice to listen to. I was quite pleased to hear him give life to this story. He had distinct voices for all the characters, including a variety of accents. His female voices were believable. All around, it was a great performance. 5/5 stars.

I received a free copy of this book.

A new definition to Miami Vice

excellent narrative of the supernatural in the city most suited for it as a setting

Interesting mix to the Characters.

Like the unique character mix. Enjoyed the paranormal aspect of the storyline! Would like to know more about Menkaure and Marcus. looking forward to more books from Michael F Haspil.

Must listen

Haspil and Kramer are a great combination. I can’t imagine another voice for theses dynamic characters. I want to hear more. Bring on the Umbra series!