An ancient Egyptian mummy who has come back to life in Toronto, Canada in the early 1990s is rounding up a group of people to worship his god. It's autumn in the book, so the mummy is lucky not to freeze to death... but he does mention how much he misses the sun. Don't we all? This book took a while to get to the meat of the story, but it was a fast paced read after the background was covered.

The TV program Blood Ties, about a Vampire living in Toronto and a female private detective, was based on a series of books written by Tanya Huff. This is the third book in the series. I haven't seen a story line on the TV program based on this book, so it makes reading the book well worth the effort. It also helps explain more of the relationship between Henry the Vampire, Victoria the private detective, and Celluci the police detective. ( )

Vicki takes on the Mummy! But the best thng about this book is the development in the relationships, and the sexual tension, between Vicki, Mike and Henry. This is a tense but funny read. ( )

I didn't like it, plain and simple. The character Vicki Nelson was very unlikeable to the point that I couldn't stand her while reading the book. Mike was also painfully annoying. The only characters that I like in this book was Henry and his prostitute. The plot in this book was just lost because of main characters that you can't enjoy. You could have the best plot of a published work in this century, but when you have characters that someone can't enjoy, it's worthless. ( )

This is going to be my last Vicki Nelson book. I didn't love the last
one either, but I decided to try one more. And I wish I hadn't.

Vicki and crew are up against a mummy this go around. I actually found
the basic plot to be interesting as the mummy sought to gather
followers for his god using magic and mine control. What I really
didn't like was Vicki and Henry.

I've struggled with finding Vicki likable in previous books, but this
time, she is an aggressive nightmare. She is so bossy and plain mean.
She swears as often as she breaths. Plus the fact that she sleeps
one night with Mike and the next with Henry without even a tiny pang
of conscience. Henry meanwhile is also sleeping with a boy who
prostitutes himself on the streets. Vicki doesn't seem to care about
this arrangement, as she is leaving Henry she passes the boy as he
arrives outside Henry's apartment about to 'burst his jeans in
excitement'. Even when she can 'smell sex on Henry' when Henry comes
to her.
This is all too ugly for me.

Sexual Content:
All sorts of sexual partnerships occur in this book but none are described. ( )

See Blood Price. ( )