˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ "The Trouble with Vampires" by Lynsay Sands
˙˙˙˙This was a re-read for me because I had forgotten that I had read this title earlier.
˙˙˙˙The plot is that there is trouble next door at the Purdy house.
Mad Dr.Dressler who without enough evidence turned himself vampire˙ is Purdy's
cousin. He threw out Purdy's cat which taken up by the young hero, Parker. His father left a message that he had to leave town and has not been
heard from
since, his mother has to go to a convention and Aunt Petronella Stone is taking
care of him making sure he does not miss meal or miss school which is unlikely
since Parker being smart loves school.
˙˙˙˙˙ The Notte (an Argeneau family) takes over the house next door to Parker's
and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the headquarters of the Enforcer organization because the supervisor of the enforcers caught Parker's call to the
police about the strange behavior of Dressler whom Parker believes is suffering
from Renfield Syndrome.
˙˙˙˙ Petronella Stone is the Life Mate of Santo Notte who just happens be along.˙ Santo has been a victim of Dressler in the past as Dressler experimented
with immortals.˙ So we have typical Life Mate sex and as the plot unfolds there are some surprises.
˙˙˙˙One of the characters will become the protagonist of "Mile High
With A Vampire"
˙as she saves the mortal pilot of the crashed plane from the out of
control Immortals guards traveling to North America MHWV is the only Argeneau book I have paid
˙for which was during the time the San Francisco Public Library was
closed.
˙˙˙˙You can get more substancial reviews of the two book at these URL: <https://www.lynsaysands.net/books/the-trouble-with-vampires> <https://www.lynsaysands.net/books/mile-high-with-a-vampire>
˙˙˙˙I enjoyed these two novels a very great deal. Besides Dressler a
new bunch of bad guys the Brass Circle is introduced briefly. If Lysay
Sands
lasts long enough she may double her present output, 33 or morer book
length novels.
˙˙˙˙bliss
˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ "The Trouble with Vampires" by Lynsay Sands
˙˙˙˙This was a re-read for me because I had forgotten that I had read this title earlier.
˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ "The Trouble with Vampires" by Lynsay Sands
Bobbie Sellers wrote:
˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ "The Trouble with Vampires" by Lynsay Sands
The trouble with geraniums
is that they’re much too red!
The trouble with my toast is that
it’s far too full of bread.
The trouble with a diamond
is that it’s much too bright.
The same applies to fish and stars
and the electric light.
The troubles with the stars I see
lies in the way they fly.
The trouble with myself is all
self-centred in the eye.
The trouble with my looking-glass
is that it shows me, me;
there’s trouble in all sorts of things
where it should never be.
Mervyn Peake.
s/geraniums/vampires
William Hyde
On 21/06/25 10:27, William Hyde wrote:
Bobbie Sellers wrote:
˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ "The Trouble with Vampires" by Lynsay Sands
The trouble with geraniums
is that they’re much too red!
The trouble with my toast is that
it’s far too full of bread.
The trouble with a diamond
is that it’s much too bright.
The same applies to fish and stars
and the electric light.
The troubles with the stars I see
lies in the way they fly.
The trouble with myself is all
self-centred in the eye.
The trouble with my looking-glass
is that it shows me, me;
there’s trouble in all sorts of things
where it should never be.
Mervyn Peake.
s/geraniums/vampires
William Hyde
Sounds like Complete Nonsense to me.
Titus G wrote:
On 21/06/25 10:27, William Hyde wrote:
Bobbie Sellers wrote:
˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ "The Trouble with Vampires" by Lynsay Sands
The trouble with geraniums
is that they’re much too red!
The trouble with my toast is that
it’s far too full of bread.
The trouble with a diamond
is that it’s much too bright.
The same applies to fish and stars
and the electric light.
The troubles with the stars I see
lies in the way they fly.
The trouble with myself is all
self-centred in the eye.
The trouble with my looking-glass
is that it shows me, me;
there’s trouble in all sorts of things
where it should never be.
Mervyn Peake.
s/geraniums/vampires
William Hyde
Sounds like Complete Nonsense to me.
But is the Dwarf of Battersea SF?˙ What would JRRT say?
On 6/17/25 12:27 AM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ "The Trouble with Vampires" by Lynsay Sands
˙˙˙˙˙This was a re-read for me because I had forgotten that I had read
this
title earlier.
˙˙˙˙˙The plot is that there is trouble next door at the Purdy house.
Mad Dr.Dressler who without enough evidence turned himself vampire˙ is
Purdy's
cousin. He threw out Purdy's cat which taken up by the young hero,
Parker.
His father left a message that he had to leave town and has not been
heard from
since, his mother has to go to a convention and Aunt Petronella Stone
is taking
care of him making sure he does not miss meal or miss school which is
unlikely
since Parker being smart loves school.
˙˙˙˙˙˙ The Notte (an Argeneau family) takes over the house next door
to Parker's
and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the headquarters of
the Enforcer organization because the supervisor of the enforcers
caught Parker's call to the
police about the strange behavior of Dressler whom Parker believes is
suffering
from Renfield Syndrome.
˙˙˙˙˙ Petronella Stone is the Life Mate of Santo Notte who just
happens be
along.˙ Santo has been a victim of Dressler in the past as Dressler
experimented
with immortals.˙ So we have typical Life Mate sex and as the plot unfolds
there are some surprises.
˙˙˙˙˙One of the characters will become the protagonist of "Mile High
With A Vampire"
˙˙as she saves the mortal pilot of the crashed plane from the out of
control Immortals guards traveling to North America MHWV is the only
Argeneau book I have paid
˙˙for which was during the time the San Francisco Public Library was
closed.
˙˙˙˙˙You can get more substancial reviews of the two book at these URL:
<https://www.lynsaysands.net/books/the-trouble-with-vampires>
<https://www.lynsaysands.net/books/mile-high-with-a-vampire>
˙˙˙˙˙I enjoyed these two novels a very great deal. Besides Dressler a
new bunch of bad guys the Brass Circle is introduced briefly. If Lysay
Sands
lasts long enough she may double her present output, 33 or morer book
length novels.
˙˙˙˙˙bliss
Finally got back to this - thanks for writing about it.
I didn't realize she had written so many. Isfdb says this is #27 in the series. Two quick questions:
Have you read some/most of the earlier ones?
I usually read in publication order - is that a good idea for this series?
Thanks,
Tony
On 6/20/25 07:50, Tony Nance wrote:
On 6/17/25 12:27 AM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ "The Trouble with Vampires" by Lynsay Sands
˙˙˙˙˙This was a re-read for me because I had forgotten that I had
read this
title earlier.
˙˙˙˙˙The plot is that there is trouble next door at the Purdy house.
Mad Dr.Dressler who without enough evidence turned himself vampire
is Purdy's
cousin. He threw out Purdy's cat which taken up by the young hero,
Parker.
His father left a message that he had to leave town and has not been
heard from
since, his mother has to go to a convention and Aunt Petronella Stone
is taking
care of him making sure he does not miss meal or miss school which is
unlikely
since Parker being smart loves school.
˙˙˙˙˙˙ The Notte (an Argeneau family) takes over the house next door
to Parker's
and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the headquarters of
the Enforcer organization because the supervisor of the enforcers
caught Parker's call to the
police about the strange behavior of Dressler whom Parker believes is
suffering
from Renfield Syndrome.
˙˙˙˙˙ Petronella Stone is the Life Mate of Santo Notte who just
happens be
along.˙ Santo has been a victim of Dressler in the past as Dressler
experimented
with immortals.˙ So we have typical Life Mate sex and as the plot
unfolds
there are some surprises.
˙˙˙˙˙One of the characters will become the protagonist of "Mile High
With A Vampire"
˙˙as she saves the mortal pilot of the crashed plane from the out of
control Immortals guards traveling to North America MHWV is the only
Argeneau book I have paid
˙˙for which was during the time the San Francisco Public Library was
closed.
˙˙˙˙˙You can get more substancial reviews of the two book at these URL:
<https://www.lynsaysands.net/books/the-trouble-with-vampires>
<https://www.lynsaysands.net/books/mile-high-with-a-vampire>
˙˙˙˙˙I enjoyed these two novels a very great deal. Besides Dressler a
new bunch of bad guys the Brass Circle is introduced briefly. If
Lysay Sands
lasts long enough she may double her present output, 33 or morer book
length novels.
˙˙˙˙˙bliss
Finally got back to this - thanks for writing about it.
I didn't realize she had written so many. Isfdb says this is #27 in
the series. Two quick questions:
Have you read some/most of the earlier ones?
I usually read in publication order - is that a good idea for this
series?
˙˙˙˙I have read many of the books in this series but they move in and
out of the
library rapidly. And yes I think the order of publications is good but
you might need
notes to keep track of all but the very highest ranked North American
and Italian
Immortals.˙ There are plots that continue from book to book aside from the matchmaker Marguerite and Mortimer who runs things.˙ Some of the European Immortals are unhappy with the American way of Immotality drinking blood from
bags and all.
On 23/06/25 06:46, William Hyde wrote:
Titus G wrote:
On 21/06/25 10:27, William Hyde wrote:
Bobbie Sellers wrote:
˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ "The Trouble with Vampires" by Lynsay Sands
The trouble with geraniums
is that they’re much too red!
The trouble with my toast is that
it’s far too full of bread.
The trouble with a diamond
is that it’s much too bright.
The same applies to fish and stars
and the electric light.
The troubles with the stars I see
lies in the way they fly.
The trouble with myself is all
self-centred in the eye.
The trouble with my looking-glass
is that it shows me, me;
there’s trouble in all sorts of things
where it should never be.
Mervyn Peake.
s/geraniums/vampires
William Hyde
Sounds like Complete Nonsense to me.
But is the Dwarf of Battersea SF?˙ What would JRRT say?
I read the Complete Book of Nonsense decades ago and have not looked at
or remembered anything until your posts. I have no idea whether there
are serious references in it or not
and I know nothing of Battersea.
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