Progeny of the Adder (Paperbacks from Hell)

<p>Homicide detective Harry Picard has seen a lot of violent deaths . . . but never like this. Three bodies-blond female strangely emaciated-have been found in the Potomac River with their throats brutally slashed. Each victim was last seen in the company of a huge hulking man dressed in black. Picard's investigation catapults him into a roiling morass of passion sexual intrigue violence and primordial fear . . . as he faces an enemy as powerful and as horrifying as mankind's oldest superstitions!</p><p>First published in 1965 Leslie H. Whitten's <em>Progeny of the Adder</em> updated the traditional vampire tale by bringing the undead out of the Old World and into a police investigation in a large American city for the first time-a formula often imitated in the decades since. This reprint the first in thirty years includes a new introduction by Will Errickson.</p><p>Fast engrossing and violent. - <em>Chicago Tribune</em></p><p>Stunning . . . original and exciting. - <em>Washington Star</em></p><p>Good writing and authentic atmosphere. - <em>The Wall Street Journal</em></p>