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The Fifth House of the Heart
Gallery. 2015. 400p. ISBN 9781476782638. pap. $16; ebk. ISBN 9781476782645. HORROR
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The secret to antiques expert Asmodeus Saxon-Tang's wealth and success is not just his exquisite taste and shrewd ability to spot a bargain. His fortune was made on the acquisition of the belongings of vampires. Sax fell into vampire hunting by accident when a seemingly abandoned estate turned out to be the lair of a centuries-old monster. That was in his younger days. But when an elderly Sax outbids an unknown party at an auction, he unwittingly draws the attention of a vampire intent on regaining treasures lost during World War II. With the help of the Catholic Church and a crack team of vampire hunters, Sax heads to Europe to kill the vampire and—more importantly to him—obtain the vampire's antiques.
VERDICT Sax is vain, greedy, cowardly, and manipulative; he is also a hugely entertaining narrator. Tripp (Rise Again) has created vampires that return to their terrifying roots and supply plenty of tension, but the gripping heist plot is what will keep people reading.
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