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Tanya Huff is one of the best sci-fi/fantasy authors in Canada today. Her books are smart, witty and don’t always follow a conventional path.

Blood Price is the first of her Blood series. I have read it before, but have picked it up again because I have been following the Lifetime series based on it. It sees Vicky Nelson as a private investigator in Toronto. She used to be a homicide cop, until she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa. This progressive eye disease means Vicki would have been stuck behind a desk pushing paperwork. Not one to sit behind a desk, she quit to become a PI. Now she spends her days sitting behind a desk find missing heirs and doing skip traces.

In Blood Price, Vicky witnesses a murder one night. The body is exsanguinated, but there is no blood. As similar murders mount, Vicky is hired by one of the victims’ girlfriend to find the murderer.

Into her investigation walks Henry Fitzwalter. He is a romance novelist who also happens to be a 450 vampire and the illegitimate son of Henry the VIII. Henry wants to find out who is committing the murders too. His motivation has more to do with the fact that if he doesn’t, he might be run out of town by the modern equivalent of peasants with torches.

The novel moves at a quick pace, with sexual tension and lots of supernatural goodness. Vicky is a no-nonsense heroine who is kicking butt and taking names. I recommend you pick this one up.