From Booklist
Half-vampire Lee Nez's second outing (after Second Sunrise, 2002) has him facing enemies old and new. Lee and FBI agent Diane Lopez have just survived a showdown with a dangerous group of "skinwalkers" (shape-shifters who can transform into animal form) when they are called away to a jewelry-smuggling case that led to the deaths of two undercover officers. When Lee and Diane learn that the smugglers are skinwalkers, they realize it will be necessary to kill them rather than simply bring down their illegal operation. Lee has more problems than he realizes: Elka, the sister of the vampire who sired him, is in town, looking to exact revenge on Lee for her brother's death. She has hired a young vampire assassin to finish Lee off while she plots another dastardly killing. The second entry in the Lee Nez series is filled with plenty of excitement and intrigue, with enough vampire lore to keep fantasy fans happy and enough thrills to keep mystery readers turning the pages. Kristine Huntley
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Book Description
Lee Nez is a nightwalker-a Navajo vampire-and a New Mexico state police officer. Investigating cop-killing smugglers who are bringing in jewels and silver from Mexico, Lee is teamed once again with sexy FBI agent Diane Lopez, who knows Lee is a vampire and is attracted to him nonetheless.

The smugglers are Navajo shapeshifters or skinwalkers-and the cop and the FBI agent must kill them all without revealing that the smugglers are werewolves or that Lee is a vampire. Complicating matters, Lee is being stalked by a pair of vampire assassins who want revenge on him for killing their leader.



About the Author
The Thurlos are the authors of the critically acclaimed Ella Clah novels, most recently Tracking Bear and Wind Spirit, of a stand-alone novel featuring Ella's mother Rose, Plant Them Deep, of the Sister Agatha mysteries, and of The Spirit Line, a book for young adults.
The Thurlos live in Corrales, New Mexico.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"Lee Nez is a nightwalker - a Navajo vampire. He's also a New Mexico state police officer. Investigating smugglers who are bringing in jewels and silver from Mexico and who have killed two cops, Lee is teamed once again with sexy FBI agent Diane Lopez, who knows of and is attracted to Lee's true nature. Lee has been alone for decades, since the death of his human wife, but finds new pleasure working - and living - in partnership with Diane." "Lee and Diane discover that the silver smugglers are Navajo shapeshifters known as skinwalkers. Now the vampire and the FBI agent have a problem - skinwalkers cannot be safely kept in prison, even if Lee and Diane's superiors can be made to believe in werewolves in the first place." "No, there is only one solution - Lee and Diane must wipe out the whole pack. To Lee's surprise, one of the skinwalkers turns out to be a relative, a woman who reminds him startlingly of his dead wife. Where will her loyalty lie - with the pack that has taken her in or with a cousin with whom she shares bonds of blood and clan?" Complicating matters, Lee is being stalked by a pair of vampire assassins. Lee killed the leader of their clan, and the survivors are bent on revenge. Blood for blood, as the saying goes. But once again, divided loyalties play a role, as the younger vampire confides to Lee her wish to change her evil ways. Or is she just saying that to get Lee to lower his guard?

FROM THE CRITICS

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