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Loup-Garou: The Beast of Harmony Falls (The Ian McDermott Paranormal Investigator series) (Volume 1)

by David Reuben Aslin

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Sheriff Bud O'Brien and Sheriff's Deputy Charlie Redtail of the tiny, normally quiet Pacific Northwest township of Harmony Falls, located near Mt. Saint Helens, find themselves facing more than they bargained for when it comes to a string of disturbing occurrences that may or may not pertain to local superstition. Pressure is mounting for them to solve the recent high-profile mystery of two missing hikers and identify what or who was actually responsible for the vicious attack on a local logger, who insists his assailant was none other than Big Foot! After exhausting all conventional methods, Sheriff Bud reluctantly has hired the services of so-called rare animal expert, Dr. Ian McDermott, Ph.D., a cryptozoologist, who at one time had attained some notoriety in his unconventional field, to hopefully aid with his stalled investigations. The hunt is on!… (more)
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Loup-Garou: The Beast of Harmony Falls (The Ian McDermott, Ph.D., Paranormal Investigator Series Book 1)

Red Tide: The Flavel House Horror / Vampires of the Morgue (The Ian McDermott, Ph.D., Paranormal Investigator Series Book 2)

The Ian McDermott Series, Books 1 and 2, were not bad but they were not great either. The concept, a cryptozoologist investigating unsolvable crimes, has potential. In the first book, Ian is looking into the case of missing hikers near Harmony Falls. He makes friends with the local sheriff and his deputy. Ian is a poor soul. He lost his wife and daughter in a car accident several years before and now lives in a camper and various liquor bottles. Working with the Harmony Falls police rekindles his love of investigations and he finds a purpose in life again.

In the second book, Ian goes directly from Harmony Falls to Astoria, Oregon to help another police department with a series of grisly slayings. He meets a local writer of horror stories who has quite a few secrets. Again Ian the driving force in the investigations and attempting to solve the crimes.

As I said, the concept, especially the future laid out at the end of book 2 has a lot of potential. There is a serious problem with the books in the way the dialogue is written. It is awkward and clunky. There is not a natural flow to it. All the characters always identify who they are speaking to by name, every time they speak to them. It gets tedious. I would suggest Mr. Aslin look at the conversations in the Adrian’s Undead series. They flow naturally and do not seem forced. I know conversation is a very hard thing to write but it really does need to be worked on in these two books.

I purchased both books because the descriptions intrigued me. I read the mixed bag of reviews on Amazon but still decided to try them. I would give the first two books of the series a solid three stars but am not sure whether I will continue with it when the next book is published. ( )
  nhalliwell | Nov 13, 2016 |
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Sheriff Bud O'Brien and Sheriff's Deputy Charlie Redtail of the tiny, normally quiet Pacific Northwest township of Harmony Falls, located near Mt. Saint Helens, find themselves facing more than they bargained for when it comes to a string of disturbing occurrences that may or may not pertain to local superstition. Pressure is mounting for them to solve the recent high-profile mystery of two missing hikers and identify what or who was actually responsible for the vicious attack on a local logger, who insists his assailant was none other than Big Foot! After exhausting all conventional methods, Sheriff Bud reluctantly has hired the services of so-called rare animal expert, Dr. Ian McDermott, Ph.D., a cryptozoologist, who at one time had attained some notoriety in his unconventional field, to hopefully aid with his stalled investigations. The hunt is on!

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