Librarian Tim Recommends: Every Last Drop by Charlie Huston (F Huston, New Books)

There's another world in New York City, one that's its citizens know nothing about. Vampyres, those infected with The Vyrus live in clans scattered throughout Manhattan. They need to feed on human blood to survive. And vampyre Joe Pitt has been exiled to The Bronx. Might as well be in Siberia. But the island has an inexorable pull, and after getting roughed up by a Bronx clan and losing an eye (making him more like Andrew Vachss' character Burke than ever) Joe heads back home and into into a horrorshow beyond his wildest imaginings. If there is a better writer of pure pulp fiction at the moment, I don't know who it is. Charlie Huston's Joe Pitt novels seamlessly meld noir crime and horror fiction into a blend that is simply intoxicating. His prose is cut to the bone, echoing masters like Davis Mamet and James Ellroy, and his stories are unique and fascinating. This book is very highly recommended. Charlie Huston is the anti Stephanie Meyer - His books are nasty, brutish, short and absolutely wonderful. Just a note: while this novel could probably be read as a stand alone, it does assume knowledge of the previous three books in the series. So you may want to read those first. Don't worry, they are equally good.

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