The furry PI is back and once again trouble follows! Adrenalin packed action, betrayal, laugh out loud snark, and a little romantic shenanigans all blend together in an addictive and highly entertaining read. Can't wait to see what he gets into next!

This is a new to me author, and I will definitely be seeking out more of his stories. This was a fast paced, edge of your seat, can’t read fast enough story with lots of action and suspense. I can’t wait to see what happens next.


I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley. This is my honest and voluntary review.

I have long been an admirer of the work of both Charlaine Harris and Jim Butcher, and this interest prompted me to request an ARC of "Johnny Lycan & the Vegas Berserker" from the publisher, Black Rose Writing. For those of you not familiar with Harris or Butcher their work is probably best known, in Harris' case for the Sookie Stackhouse series, and in Butcher's case, for the Dresden Files. The protagonist of Wayne Turmel's novel is, unsurprisingly, a werewolf, and this novel revolves around his adventures as he serves a prominent collector of arcane and magical artifacts. In the course of picking up one of these artifacts, he runs into a coven of colorful witches as well as another collector determined to thwart his acquisition of the magical piece in question; this competitor's most colorful "muscle" turns out to be a "Berserker", here explained to be a kind of supernatural shapeshifter closely related to a grizzly bear. It doesn't require much imagination to see where this kind of cast of characters is apt to take the narrative. While I do not see this particular work as rising to the level of either Harris or Butcher, there is no question that the author has talent and an entertaining command of popular culture. With time, he may rise to the level of the other authors I have cited.

Well-written, good plotting and character development, plus the whole concept feels as if it's been thoroughly thought out before the first word was typed. This one will be a long-running series, and all the better for that. Bonus features: none of the awful typos, homophobe confusion, and bad grammar that has become all too common in Kindle publications these days; dialogue is crisp, believable, and fits each character like a glove.

If your taste in urban fantasy tends towards Harry Dresden, then this, despite having an intrinsically different, ie a werewolf, protagonist, should push your buttons. I've read the first two in the series, the quality is maintained, and I look forward to the next instalment.