cover image Bride of the Fat White Vampire

Bride of the Fat White Vampire

Andrew Fox. Ballantine Books, $14.95 (448pp) ISBN 978-0-345-46408-8

In Andrew Fox's zany Bride of the Fat White Vampire, the uneven sequel to Curse of the Fat White Vampire (2003), quarter-ton vampire Jules Duchon must first change back from his current form of 200 white rats in order to play detective, but in so doing a vital organ goes missing. The New Orleans setting helps redeem a plot with too many surprises not suggested beforehand and incongruously peaceful, if not happy, resolutions to bloody conflicts. Agent, Dan Hooker. .