BLOODFLOW, A Gothic Mystery by Kevin Paul Tracy

My new release, "Bloodflow," will drop Wednesday, December 18, 2013. This is the first in a gothic mystery series featuring one of the toughest, smartest, and sexiest female protagonists I've ever written: Kathryn Desmarais. Kate is a private investigator for International Investigations, Inc., or Tripple-I, a large private investigation firm in Manhattan. She's tough, savvy, an expert in martial arts.

In this first book, the search for an ancient casket leads Kate into the midst of a battle between two undead souls, each backed with armies poised to wage war. One, the most powerful vampire to ever stalk the Earth, has plans for Kathryn, plans that have nothing to do with happily-ever-after. Now, everyone she loves is in danger, and the only way to save them is to either find a way to stop the coming conflagration before the city itself is bathed in blood...or pick a side.

I'm calling this a "grown-up" gothic horror story. You won't find any melodramatic teen angst dripping from these pages. And the monsters you find between these covers aren't watered-down shadows of the legends from which they are spawned. These are the real, full-blown evils under your bed. They are the genuine hungry hell-beasts lurking just behind the threshold of your half-open closet.

I hope you enjoy reading "Bloodflow" as much as I enjoyed writing it. As my editor described it: "The cool factor is very high in this one!"

And check out the bitchen trailer!