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The Down Home Zombie Blues
The Down Home Zombie Blues
The Down Home Zombie Blues
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The Down Home Zombie Blues

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It’s Men In Black meets CSI:Miami!
He’s a Florida cop. She’s an intergalactic zombie hunter. Saving Earth is the least of their problems...
Bahia Vista homicide detective Theo Petrakos thought he’d seen it all. Then a mummified corpse and a room full of futuristic hardware sends Guardian Force commander Jorie Mikkalah into his life. Before the night’s through, he’s become her unofficial partner—and official prisoner—in a race to save the Earth. And that’s only the start of his troubles.
Jorie’s mission is to stop a deadly infestation of bio-mechanical organisms from using Earth as a breeding ground. If she succeeds, she could save a world and win a captaincy. But she needs Theo's help, even if their unlikely partnership threatens to set off an intergalactic incident, and forces her to choose between a planet and a promotion—and a man who’s become far more important than she cares to admit...
4-1/2 Stars—Top Pick! From Romantic Times BOOKreviews: “Quirky, offbeat and packed with gritty action, this blistering novel explodes out of the gate and never looks back. Counting on Sinclair to provide top-notch science fiction elaborately spiced with romance and adventure is a given, but she really aces this one! A must-read, by an author who never disappoints.”

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Release dateApr 4, 2014
The Down Home Zombie Blues
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Linnea Sinclair

Winner of the prestigious national book award, the RITA®, as well as the PRISM, PEARL, and SAPPHIRE, author Linnea Sinclair is a name synonymous with high-action, emotionally intense, character-driven science fiction romance novels. Reviewers note that Sinclair’s novels “have the wow-factor in spades.” Her books have claimed spots in the Locus Top Ten and received starred reviews in Publisher’s Weekly. Romantic Times BOOKreviews magazine consistently gives Sinclair’s books 4-1/2 stars (their highest rating). Starlog magazine calls Sinclair “one of the reigning queens of science fiction romance.” She’s the author of the exciting Dock Five Universe series that starts with Gabriel’s Ghost. Other Sinclair novels include PEARL award winners Finders Keepers, Games of Command, and Hope’s Folly (Dock Five book #3). Sinclair, a former news reporter and private investigator, resides in Florida with her husband, Robert Bernadino, and their thoroughly spoiled cats. Readers can find her perched on the third barstool from the left in her Intergalactic Bar and Grille at www.linneasinclair.com.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Florida homicide detective Theo Petrakos is used to the wild and weird, but when a mummified corpse turns up and a ray-shooting alien blows up his car... Well, lets just say he's had more normal Christmases. But not all aliens are tentacled freaks, and the one tapped to clean up the tentacles is a lot more appealing to the eye.Not a bad book, but definitely not in the class of Sinclair's non-Earth based space adventures. Okay, but nothing special, in spite of the intriguing title.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This book cleverly solves my problem with sci-fi tech lingo - the advanced technology comes to earth, and so all the poor earthlings need things explained in plain English. I loved Sinclair's little Star Trek jokes as well. The tone of this novel reminded me of Spider Robinson's Callahan series, only with romance instead of puns.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Bahia Vista homicide detective Theo Petrakos thought he had seen it all. Then he ended up in a battle with a woman with slightly dodgy English and a monster she refers to as a Zombie. Then he discovers that because of what he's seen he's going to have to be relocated and his life as he knows it is over.However she needs his help, they find themselves Zombie hunting without backup.It's pretty predictable and not one of my favourites of hers. The character interaction was great fun and the relationships was a stronger part of the story than the plot. Interesting but not a keeper.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Loved it! Laughed out loud several times. Loved that the hero POV was prominently featured, as often the heroine is the main protagonist. The ending was a bit abrupt, hence only 4 stars.

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