eBook Book Review: Bad Wolf (Bad Wolf Chronicles Book 1) by Tim McGregor

A gripping mix of Cop and Wolf.
Bad Wolf (Bad Wolf Chronicles Book 1)
by Tim McGregor

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B004YR8F2A
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 29, 2011 File size ‏ : ‎ 657 KB
Print length ‏ : ‎ 267 pages
Genre: Crime Thriller, Paranormal, Werewolf
My Rating: 4.0 of 5.0 Overall; Story 4.0; Narration 4.0.

Detective Lara Mendes’s hard work pays off when she finally gets to join the homicide detail. There’s only one catch; she has to partner up with a cop no one wants to work with.
John Gallagher is a veteran homicide detective who wants nothing more than to work alone. When the Lieutenant partners him with Lara Mendes, his first reaction is to ditch her but a call comes in about a body on the river bank and the rotation says they’re up.
What they find are human remains, mutilated and partially devoured. Their investigation reveals a killer stalking the city with a pack of vicious, feral dogs.
And the suspect believes he is a werewolf.
But this is Portland, where crazy bastards outnumber normal ones ten to one. Except there’s another catch. The crazy werewolf guy? He isn’t crazy...

Review:
Detective Lara Mendes has been working hard to be assigned to the homicide detail. When one of the current detectives is injured, Lara is glad to move onto the team even if she is paired with a difficult partner, John Gallagher. Their first call together takes them to a mutilated and partially devoured body. They soon learn that the killer was accompanied by a pack of feral dogs.

They manage to track the suspect to his home where they confiscate a group of journals. John says they are illegible, but Lara digs in to read the journals. What she learns is that the suspect believes he is a werewolf. Lara, and especially John, think this is all in the guy’s head, until Lara gets trapped with the beast and is bitten.

This book kept my interest. I liked the police procedure aspect and it's mix with werewolf legend. There is danger, action, horror, and sorrow. It is not for the squeamish as the story is gritty and gory in parts.

This is a scary, not cuddly, werewolf, although the author does a good job creating some sympathy through the creature’s history and emotional turmoil. This book has a conclusion but continues with a new wolf. I wouldn’t mind reading the sequels although it probably won’t happen soon. I recommend this to readers who would like the mix of police procedure and wolf savagery.

Source: Kindle Free May 12, 2012. This qualifies for 2022TBR, ebook, and 2022Alphabet goals.