BARKING

You’ll love every minute of this British novel about London lawyers who "moonlight" as werewolves and vampires. Holt's bizarre story is unique in a world that overuses the word. Set aside logic, and you can almost believe that the arcane creatures live in the world of John Grisham and Lisa Scottoline. Maybe. Narrator Ray Sawyer certainly helps, with his conversational delivery and amiable charm—except when he's growling like a Cockney werewolf. He tells the story from the point of view of Duncan, a really bad lawyer, who is recruited by a group of high school friends to join their pack. It's only after he joins that he learns about the whole howling at the moon thing. It's a howling good time. M.S. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2008]