How do you kill a nine hundred and twenty-seven year old vampire? First, get totally wasted and stagger to the nearest grocery store. No really...let's get this straight, once and for all. How do you defeat an ancient and all-powerful vampire? The answer is clearly murky -- assemble a posse of highly skilled inebriates and sprinkle in a dash of finely cultivated herb. Then solicit the incoherent advice of one Newfoundlander aunt and devise a master plan that is thoroughly drenched in dark rum.The Crimson Woman is miraculously unconventional and inventive. Patricia McCarthy delivers the third offering of her trilogy in grandiose style, set in the endearing City of Ottawa. Whether you have previously enjoyed The Crimson Man or The Crimson Boy, each story is an experience in its own right, steeped in eroticism, blood and hilarious eccentricity. McCarthy's engaging Crimson series is surely destined to become a cultural phenomenon. You'll be dying to know the fate of Samuel and Magdalene and their hapless vampire slayers.