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Congregations of the Dead: A Griffin & Price Novel by [James A. Moore, Charles R. Rutledge]

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In the small town of Wellman, Georgia, Sheriff Carl Price wants nothing more than to ticket speedsters and stop drunks from killing each other in the local bars. Unfortunately things aren't working out for a simple life.
His best friend, private investigator Wade Griffin, has taken on a case he normally wouldn't, to try to build his P.I. Business and get out of the mercenary game, which leads to trouble with a major regional crime boss.
With a missing teenager and a child abduction to solve, and tension brewing with the other-worldly Blackbourne clan Griffin and Price have their hands full, but something dark rears its head in the form of a new mountain church and its mysterious and charismatic leader, Reverend Lazarus Cotton.
Once more, Griffin and Price must use the deadly skills learnt in their past, and call upon even deadlier associates when the problems escalate out of their control.
Congregations of the Dead is a redneck adventure-horror of the deadliest kind. In the small town of Wellman, Georgia it a damn hot summer.

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January 12, 2018
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"I enjoyed Congregations of the Dead so much that it just vaulted to my favorite novel of the year." —Horrorworld

“Moore and Rutledge have got the southern, small town feel nailed in Congregations of the Dead.” —Barry Hunter, Baryon Review --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

About the Author

James A. Moore is the author of over twenty novels including Blood Red, Fireworks, Under The Overtree, and The Serenity Falls trilogy. He has also contributed to anthologies such as Aliens: Bug Hunt and SNAFU. He lives in Bradford, Massachusetts. Charles R. Rutledge is the coauthor of Blind Shadows and A Hell Within and has contributed to several anthologies including Carnacki, Strange Worlds, and Widowmakers. He does have a cat, but writers always mention their cats so there you go. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B078Z7TN4L
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wellman House Publications; 3rd edition (January 12, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 12, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 462 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 372 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #1,092,517 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #25,592 in Crime Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #28,447 in Horror (Kindle Store)
- #54,459 in Horror Literature & Fiction

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Charles R. Rutledge is the author of Dracula's Return, and co-author of three novels in the Griffin and Price supernatural suspense series, written with James A. Moore. His short stories have appeared in over thirty anthologies. He owns entirely too many editions of the novel Dracula, keeps actual soil from Transylvania on his desk, and is seldom seen in daylight.

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H. P.

Pulpy country noir/urban fantasy/horror mashup

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2019

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“The man that wandreth out of the way of wisdom shall abide in the congregation of the dead.” – Proverbs 21:16

I bought Congregations of the Dead over a year ago on a bit of a lark because it was cheap. Which isn’t to sale that it didn’t sound right up my alley. A country noir/urban fantasy/horror mashup with significant pulp influences? (A secondary character is named Carter DeCamp in an obvious homage to Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp and Manly Wade Wellman’s characters Silver John and John Thunstone seem obvious influences as well.) What I didn’t realize is how dang good it would be.

Congregations of the Dead is the second in Griffin & Price novel, and I was a little thrown off at first as Moore and Rutledge tied up loose ends from the first book. But other than that hiccup, I found this an easy entrée into the series. I will definitely be picking up the other books though.

Carl Price is the sheriff of Wellman, Georgia, a rural county in the mountains. Wade Griffin is a mercenary-turned-private investigator. Both men are more than competent in the scrap, but they aren’t ready for what has come to Wellman. It involves the sort of preacher who you don’t want to invite into your house, if you know what I mean.

I loved this book. It is a genre mashup, as I mentioned above, and it works on each level. As a country noir, it reminds me a lot of Brian Panowich’s books (also set in north Georgia and following a rural sheriff). As an “urban” fantasy, the action and worldbuilding are top-notch. As a horror, it has some great atmosphere and set pieces (Griffin and Price’s first foray into the church is particularly chilling). And you know I love a book that wears its pulp influences on its sleeve. This book doesn’t just make me want to read the other Griffin & Price books. It makes me want to pick up a collection of Wellman’s John Thunstone stories and for my Haffner Press collection of Silver John novels to hurry up already.

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Lee Murray

Explosive.

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2017

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Part Jack Reacher thriller, part episode of Supernatural, Congregations of the Dead is explosive and compelling. It’s set in the small town of Wellman, Georgia, in the middle of a heat wave, where underage sex trafficking turns out to be the lesser of two evils for Sheriff Carl Price and private investigator friend Wade Griffin. That's because the mysterious Reverend Cotton has turned up to spread his own brand of gospel in the southern town. The fight scenes are beautifully choreographed, and the cuts, when they land, are clean and quick. Plus, Moore and Rutledge’s heroes come with all the baggage of ordinary folk, like manipulating ex-wives, not-so-supportive bosses, and a re-election campaign to get sorted. And the authors touch on all the old vampire tropes yet still manage to come up with something fresher than newly-spilled blood. The story stands on its own, it’s dark magic and backstory woven artfully into the narrative. So you haven’t met Carl Price and Wade Griffin before? A couple of chapters in and they already feel like old friends, the kind you want in your corner when the shit hits the fan.

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PAUL R. MCNAMEE

Griffin and Price take on a vampire cult

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2015

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Congregations of the Dead is the second novel by James A. Moore and Charles R. Rutledge featuring the duo of sheriff Carl Price and private investigator Wade Griffin.

Price and Griffin are investigating real world issues - missing girls, forced prostitution and other dark, unsavory elements of humanity. Tangentially, they clip the world of the supernatural and find themselves facing a vampire and his congregation, as well as real world criminal organizations.

Add to that an ex-wife (for Price,) watchful enemies and the smothering heat & humidity of a Georgia summer, and our heroes are quite piled upon by the time we reach the crescendo of this tale.

I really like the vampires in this story. I really enjoyed the twist of Reverend Lazarus Cotton as a Holy Roller, fire & brimstone revival preacher who earnestly believes his vampirism is a gift from God. Fry, his human servant foil, was a great sociopath character (and, I love the tribute to Dwight Frye/Renfield in his name.)

Classic vampire tropes are used to solid effect. The "native soil" angle was very well played, and the rats...- oh, those rats. I don't want to say anything else for fear of spoilers.

If you enjoyed the first outing, Blind Shadows, you'll enjoy Congregations of the Dead, too.

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Darrell Grizzle

Fast-Paced Crime/Horror Thriller

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2017

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Congregations of the Dead is a fast-paced crime thriller with both real-world and supernatural criminals being pursued by small-town sheriff Carl Price and his best friend, private investigator Wade Griffin. The supernaturals are vampires: evangelical vampires, a whole church-full of them, and they believe their form of “eternal life” is a gift from God. This is an action-packed novel that works well as both crime fiction and as horror literature. I’m looking forward to the next novel in this series, A Hell Within, due to be published in late 2017.

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LauraH213

a kick butt, scary, fun, exciting ride into the world of good guys vs monsters both human and otherworldly

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2017

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This is the second book in the Griffin and Price series (first one Blind Shadows) Both are amazing stories. I actually liked this one more because the story really got deep into the characters, along with the action. I loved reading about how both Griffin and Price deal with life both the "normal side of life" like relationships, jobs, etc and the "crazy supernatural life" of monsters and the other scary things that go bump in the night.
You should read both and I can't wait for another Griffin and Price book. These guys kick ass!

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A Wagner Fan

Action and the Occult in small-town Georgia

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2019

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Call it occult noir or hard-boiled supernatural thriller, this Griffin and Price adventure from authors James A. Moore and Charles R. Rutledge is an exciting read full of action and creepiness.

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Doctor Panic

Griffin and Price Rock!

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2015

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Wow!! Really liked the first and couldn't wait to dig in to this one. It didn't disappoint. Griffin and Price really are a perfectly paired team, with a great cast of supporting characters. i can't wait for the next in this series, and I hope there will be many more to come!

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