Showing posts with label Jensen (Jane). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jensen (Jane). Show all posts

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within (book) by Jane Jensen

Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within is a paranormal mystery based on a computer game.

I'm not including any read-alikes for this. Also, be warned, this review includes spoilers.

Review:

The events of the previous book/game left Gabriel Knight somewhat wealthy and in possession of a drafty castle in Germany. His writing career has finally taken off, but he's having trouble with his latest book, so the werewolf case that the local villagers bring him is a welcome distraction. The police think the killings are being done by wolves that escaped from the zoo. Gabriel, who found a giant paw print at one of the crime scenes, feels differently. His investigation gets him involved in a private hunting club whose members appear to have a lot of secrets.

Meanwhile, Grace has gotten tired of being Gabriel's shopkeeper. She put off getting her PhD for Gabriel and his supernatural investigations, so she's darn well going to make him involve her in his latest case. She flies off to Germany and, since Gabriel's off doing his own thing, devotes herself to the research she's so good at. She discovers that Gabriel's current case may have its roots in the events surrounding King Ludwig II's apparent descent into madness and his mysterious death.

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (book) by Jane Jensen

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is a paranormal mystery based on a computer game. I've owned it for ages and finally got around to reading it.

I'm not including any read-alikes for this.

Review:

Gabriel Knight is a New Orleans bookseller and horror novelist. He wants to make it big as an author, but everything he's written so far has flopped. He has high hopes for his next novel, which he plans to base on the recent killings the media has dubbed the Voodoo Murders. First, though, he wants to figure out as much as possible about what's really going on. The police think all the voodoo stuff is fake, a smokescreen meant to hide mob activity, but Gabriel's not so sure. He finds his investigation mixing strangely and uncomfortably with the horrifying dreams he keeps having, in which a woman is burned at the stake.