Now here’s an unusual werewolf novel. This committed mystery reader might even give it a try.  Reviews of British author Glen Duncan’s The Last Werewolf (Knopf, 2011) were superlative, calling it a “definitive new version of the werewolf legend—mesmerizing and incredibly sexy”. Jake Marlowe is a “werewolf for the twenty-first century”—a man whose deeds may be monstrous but who is at the same time “deeply human”.  Talulla Rising (Knopf, 6/2012) is the second in the series.  It features Talulla Demetriou, Jake’s lover and the mother of his child.  Duncan’s smooth prose and dark humor add to the success of his supernatural page-turners.  Be sure to read these books in order.

–posted 5/20/2012