Faked to Death - Simon Kirby-Jones, Bk 2 Author:Dean James The hero of the delightfully offbeat Simon Kirby-Jones series (Posted to Death) has good reasons of his own to keep the metaphorical blood flowing: He's a writer, too...and a vampire. — Simon isn't out to bleed any of his potential readers, though, as medical science has conveniently provided a pill that takes care of all his nutritional needs. I... more »nstead, between needing only three hours of rest a night and saving all the time his kind once spent hunting for blood, Simon devotes himself to writing -- with a vengeance. He publishes in several different fields, under several different names -- and he keeps that secret more carefully in the closet than his sexual preferences. When his public persona, a noted historian and historical biographer, is invited to speak at a weeklong writer's conference hosted by the eccentric heiress of a local earl, it's more than any socially ambitious vampire can resist. But flattery turns to fury when Simon learns that one of the other speakers is a fake who's impersonating one of Simon's own reclusive alter egos. To make matters worse, it turns out the imposter is in the habit of blackmail -- but not good enough at it to avoid getting herself killed. For once, someone who thinks writing is murder isn't exaggerating!« less