A Bloody Habit by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson is a vampire story. If you love that gender and/or if you love stories about Dominicans, you'll love this novel. It takes place in London around the turn of the twentieth century. Dracula had just been written and their are connections made between Dracula and the characters in A Bloddy Habit. In fact, each chapter of the book begins with a quote from Dracula.
The main character is a lawyer, John Kemp. He becomes involved by being the solicitor for some men who turn out to be vampires. Along the way, he is befriended by a Dominican priest, Father Thomas Edmund Gilroy. The two become involved in murders that are too gruesome to describe. They are torn apart viciously and inhumanely. The only sensible answer although crazy, is the fact that there are vampires in London.
If you love vampire stories, this is a good one. I found it hard to get involved in the beginning. The characters were too many and I didn't see how they were tied to each other. But once the action began, I was on board. I did enjoy it.
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