Publisher's Weekly Review
In Aimee and David Thurlo's Blood Retribution, the second mystery to feature half-vampire Navajo lawman Lee Nez (after 2002's Second Sunrise), Lee and FBI agent Diane Lopez take on a shape-shifting pack of turquoise smugglers, among other supernatural foes. Fans of the authors' Ella Clah series may want to take a pass, but fantasy readers for whom implausibility isn't an obstacle should be satisfied. Agent, Elaine Koster. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Booklist Review
Half-vampire Lee Nez's second outing (after Second Sunrise, 2002) has him facing enemies old and new. Lee and FBI agent Diane Lopez have just survived a showdown with a dangerous group of skinwalkers (shape-shifters who can transform into animal form) when they are called away to a jewelry-smuggling case that led to the deaths of two undercover officers. When Lee and Diane learn that the smugglers are skinwalkers, they realize it will be necessary to kill them rather than simply bring down their illegal operation. Lee has more problems than he realizes: Elka, the sister of the vampire who sired him, is in town, looking to exact revenge on Lee for her brother's death. She has hired a young vampire assassin to finish Lee off while she plots another dastardly killing. The second entry in the Lee Nez series is filled with plenty of excitement and intrigue, with enough vampire lore to keep fantasy fans happy and enough thrills to keep mystery readers turning the pages. --Kristine Huntley Copyright 2004 Booklist
