My Dead Body (Joe Pitt Series #5)

The Fifth Pitt Casebook is a great private investigator NYC fantasy

The vampyres of Manhattan are outraged with private eye Joe Pitt; they want to drain him slowly dry for exposing EVERY LAST DROP of their blood supply. Having lived in the sewers where he feasted on the lost, Joe figures he will return to his underground abode waiting for one the vampyre clans from Manhattan or the other boroughs to find him.

As civil war between the clans seems coming, his friend, skin flick producer Chubby, persuades Joe to help a pregnant woman who insists a vampyre is her unborn's sire. Knowing what she means if her baby is born healthy though he still wants to reject the protection case, his former girlfriend persuades Joe to return above ground subject to his usual beatings from his enemies. At the same he uses diabolical tactics to maneuver the various fighting groups to insure the supernatural civil war is between his enemies.

The Fifth Pitt Casebook (see Every Last Drop) is a great private investigator NYC fantasy (I say NYC not just Manhattan as he did spend a stint insuring the flow of Half The Blood In Brooklyn). Joe is a hardboiled vampiric detective who even has a favorite East River body dumping ground. This time he alienates more than just the Coalition as seemingly every sect in Manhattan want to drink EVERY LAST DROP of his blood and abduct the pregnant female who will make that group the most powerful. Although not easy to just enter Joe's caseload with MY DEAD BODY as so much has happened to send him scurrying in and out of the sewers more frequently than Ed Norton ever did, fans of the saga will enjoy his latest bloody caper all because of a baby.

Harriet Klausner

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Disappointing Finale

I loved the first four books in the Joe Pitt saga, but found this final book in the saga to be slow, plodding, and completely unbelievable. Before people say this is a vampyre series, its all unbelievable, the story lines have always been well written, the happenings have been well outlined, the conflicts among the varies clans and Joe Pitt have been well established and believable. This book clumsily brings Pitt into contact with both Predo & Terry, in what can only be surmised as an attempt to get them into the storyline. While noone can accuse Pitt of being the most cunniving, manipulative or smartest vampyre, he is bright enough to know that sitting in a bar on Coalition turf or brazenly walking the streets on Soceity turf can only end badly. Given his numerous past run-ins with both clans, both situations should result in death on-site by any Coalition or Society member spotting him, yet the book allows for the clumsy capture of him and the innane reasons for both Predo & Terry to let him walk out. The other books while improbable have built strong story lines and characters, while the story line in this finale appears to be there to simply wrap up the series and bring closure, whether good or bad, to every character previously introduced; however it is done in such a sloppy manner that this book can be seen as nothing more than Huston's hurried desire to end the series. Istrongly recommend the first four books in this series, but leave it to your imagination as to what happens to Pitt, Evie, Predo, Terry, et al and avoid this finale.

The End?

If this is, indeed, the end of the Joe Pitt saga, it was a wild and wonderful ride. With "My Dead Body," Huston saved the best 'til last.

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An Entertaining And Apt Finale

In this gritty and gripping conclusion to to the 'Joe Pitt' series, Joe interacts with his 'vampyre' enemies again as he attempts to recover a friend's pregnant teenage daughter. Although the story's flow is occasionally slowed by explanatory dialogue and contemplative musings, the narrative is fast-paced and punctuated by explosive action and brutal violence. The story culminates in a four-way showdown featuring the heads of three NYC vampyre clans and Joe. Further, a gratifying close to Joe's saga is reached in follow-up finishing scenes. I recommend this book and the entire 'Joe Pitt' series to anyone interested in gritty/gory noir fiction featuring a 'tough guy' vampire and mafia-like NYC vampire clans.

A satisfying end to the Joe Pitt saga

For those unfamiliar with Joe Pitt; take "Twilight", remove all the teenage angst and romantic notions of what it means to be a vampire, add in a pulpy dose of New York grit & grime, and mix together thoroughly with a rusty chainsaw.

In the final story, Joe is forced to deal with the fallout from his big discovery in Queens ("Every Last Drop"), as every clan seems ready to choose sides. Does Pitt care? Of course not.. all he cares about is Evie. That, and one last shot at getting even.

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