Dead Spots by Olson is the first book featuring Scarlett Bernard, a null who specializes in cleaning up supernatural messes for the various communities in the Los Angeles area. Summoned to a park by the head of the local vampires, she comes upon the largest, goriest crime scene of her life and is spotted by Detective Jesse Cruz just as a werewolf comes running through only to turn human in front of the detective when he gets to close to Scarlett. Cruz tracks Scarlett down and demands that she help solve the murders. At first Scarlett is reluctant, but when they realize that the victims were vampires and a null was involved in the murders, Scarlett has no choice. Either they solve the crimes by the vampire's deadline, or he will kill them and blame the murders in Scarlett to maintain his position.
Honestly, I felt sorry for Scarlett. She doesn't really have any choice in her job, and she's afraid to let anyone close enough knowing that they could be used against her. Love triangles are annoying especially when it is obvious that one of the guys will never work. The mystery was well written, and I enjoyed the world building. I knocked a star off for the cliffhanger thrown in at the end. 3 stars.
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