Title:   Whispers at Dusk     
Author: Heather Graham    
Genre:  mystery/thriller   
Rating:  3.5

When darkness falls, there’s nowhere to hide.

Four bodies have been discovered along Europe’s riverbanks, placed with care—and completely drained of blood. Pinpricks on their throats indicate a slender murder weapon, but DNA found in the wounds suggests something far more sinister. Tasked with investigating, the FBI recruits Agents Della Hamilton and Mason Carter to Blackbird, an international offshoot of the Krewe of Hunters. If you want to catch a vampire killer, you need agents who can speak with the dead.

The pair travel to Norway, where the shadowy forests of Lillehammer reveal a gruesome scene. The killer is thirsty for more victims, and the bloodless trail soon leads Della and Mason to a group that believes drinking blood is the key to immortality. To catch the culprit of such an intimate crime, the agents will have to get close. Mason’s already lost one partner; he’s not ready to risk Della as bait. But sometimes justice requires a sacrifice…

Normally, I’m a big fan of Graham’s works, especially the Krewe of Hunters books, but this one just felt rushed. Mason meets Della, and they move from being strangers to BFFs to more without any time or transition at all. It didn’t feel believable in the slightest, and that made the rest of the book feel jarringly off.

I love the ghostly helpers and the international setting, but none of the relationships in the book—not just Della and Mason, but between them and the other agents as well—felt organic and natural. Instead, they felt almost like caricatures, and that turned me off from reading any more of this series.

Heather Graham is a bestselling author. Whispers at Dusk is her newest novel.

(Galley courtesy of Harlequin/MIRA in exchange for an honest review.)

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