A Sofie Metropolis Paranormal Mystery - Sofie Metropolis is back and in the deep end of the coffee pot when she's retained by the neighbourhood vampire to prove he isn’t responsible for a recent string of grisly murders, and her mother talks her into looking for a missing woman neither of them knows, but Thalia has adopted in absentia nonetheless. And if her plate isn’t full enough, things heat up on the romantic front when ‘bounty hunter’ Jake Porter and yummy Greek baker Dino both decide to vie for her undivided attention. What’s a good Greek girl with a gun to do? Still finding her way as an investigator, Sofie Metropolis is running her uncle's Queens, New York, private-detective business while he is in Greece. Ivan Romanoff, who is rumored to be a vampire, asks Sophie to investigate the deaths of several young women who have been found drained of blood; given his reputation, Romanoff is afraid he will be charged with the murders. Sofie's mother also wants her to look into the disappearance of a Greek American young woman, Roula, and an actress has hired her to examine the practice of the plastic surgeon who botched her surgery. Wary of accepting a case from a purported vampire, Sofie decides not to take his money but finds herself investigating the deaths anyway, as the cases connect, leading to danger, both real and supernatural. Complicating matters are the sexy Australian bounty hunter Jake and baker Dino, who are both romantically interested in Sofie. The supernatural elements, engaging humor, quirky characters, and the ethnic backdrop--not to mention Sofie's sense of style--are all reminiscent of Janet Evanovich's Between-the-Numbers series and should appeal to the same audience. --Booklist, February 15, 2011