The World on Blood
Jonathan Nasaw. Signet Book, $6.99 (448pp) ISBN 978-0-451-18658-4
Baby-stealing bloodsuckers are on the loose in this modern-day vampire thriller. (May)
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Reviewed on: 04/28/1997
Genre: Fiction
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