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The Jake Helman Files

Desperate Souls
by Gregory Lamberson
The Jake Helman Files: Desperate Souls. Medallion. Oct. 2010. c.270p. ISBN 9781605421704. pap. $14.95. HORROR
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This is the second in what is likely to be a long-running series of supernatural private eye novels starring ex-cop and recovering cocaine addict Jake Helman. The first, Personal Demons, featured a soul-stealing demon as the Big Bad. Here, a new street drug called Black Magic is turning addicts into zombies. Lamberson (The Frenzy Way) is a writer/director of low-budget horror films, and this has the same schlocky feel. Details and continuity are sacrificed in favor of action, sex, and gore. Enjoyable but not terrific. BZG Jake kills one assailant by bashing its head in with a replica of the Maltese Falcon.
Reviewed by Karl Siewart , Oct 15, 2010
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