Award-winning Underdead and the sequel, Underdead In Denial, have been re-released!
The humorous vampire mysteries were orginially published by a mainstream division of a large publisher, but I’ve gotten the rights back and now the books are published by me. You can buy both books in trade paperback and eBook.
And, yes, I’m finally writing the third book in the series. Which is why chocolate futures have skyrocketed–sudden surge of demand. Scroll down for book blurbs, sample chapters and reviews!
Underdead cover by Robert McAndrews
Underdead In Denial Cover by Kimberly Van Meter
The lovely cover model is Ida Mary Walker, aka mizzd-stock
Click here to read the first 2 chapters of UNDERDEAD!
Click here to read the first chapter of UNDERDEAD IN DENIAL!
UNDERDEAD
Newbie science teacher Jo Gartner thinks her life has reached an all time low when she realizes the biggest excitement of her year is the staff Christmas party.
Then she gets bitten by a vampire.
Sort of.
And then she’s a murder suspect.
The police are at her door, the Undead are at her windows, and her vampire traits are growing harder to hide by the minute.
If she doesn’t figure out who to trust she won’t be alive long enough to worry about all those papers she still has to grade.
More reviews for Underdead:
“UNDERDEAD is certainly not your typical vampire story, it’s better… I guarantee UNDERDEAD will have you laughing out loud, while keeping you in suspense right up until the end.” ~~ Two Lips Reviews
”Light-hearted mystery with a touch of the paranormal and a hint of romance is a recipe for a just about perfect read.”~~ HuntressReviews
“UNDERDEAD had me grinning from the first line! Off-beat, charming, irreverent and so much fun to read I couldn’t put it down. Liz Jasper is going to go far as a writer and I for one am along for the ride.” ~~ Mary Buckham, award-winning author
“Kept me on the edge of my seat anxious to find out more. I was thoroughly engaged from beginning to end. This is a great story to curl up with on a rainy day.”~~Coffeetime Romance
UNDERDEAD IN DENIAL
Eighth grade science teacher Jo Gartner is back after a deceptively quiet summer.
No Vampires.
No Cops.
No murder investigation.
Apart from the hormonal teens she has to deal with everyday and her sensitivity to sunlight everything seems, well, almost normal.
She probably shouldn’t have volunteered to help the hot new teacher on campus with his Haunted House fundraiser.
Because that’s just asking for the real vampires to show up…
And the next thing she knows there’s a dead body.
And the cops are back.
And Jo is forced to decide which side she’s on, once and for all.
More reviews for Underdead In Denial:
5 Angels! “Very Funny” ~~ Fallen Angel Reviews
“I will be keeping my eyes open for more from Ms. Jasper.” ~~Bitten by Books
“Jo is one of those comfort characters. You know the ones you can’t wait to revisit, the ones that leave you smiling and nodding as you race through their newest adventure….Another favorite and keeper.”~~Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine
Hello, my name is Tara, how r u? Just wondering where I can purshase ur books of the undead? They seem very interesting, I’m a book nerd. Can I buy them @ chapter or indgo? Or its just online like Amazon? I always talk about the books I’m reading on my tweeter/facebook. If u don’t mind gettin back to me, that would b great. I can’t wait to start reading the undead. Thanxs u
Tara
Hi Tara,
Thanks for emailing me. It’s always great to meet another book nerd–I definitely fall into that camp. : )
You can buy the Underdead books in print through Barnes and Noble and Amazon.
In ebook form they’re available nearly everywhere, including Indigo as Kobo ebooks. Here’s the link:
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/home/search/?keywords=underdead&pageSize=12
Happy New Year!
Liz
I just read both books. I loved them. Jo’s a great character that readers can relate to. She’s a bit sassy, insecure, and funny, and sometimes naive. Roger makes you want to wring his neck. I can’t wait for the next one. I hope you are feeling better. I was sick for the holiday’s myself.
Hi Tia,
It is so great of you to tell me this! I’m sorry for my slooooow response. I responded in my head last week. Did you get that message? LOL. I’m glad you enjoyed the books and in particular that you “got” Jo.
The cold that went around over the holidays was a doozy (really wanted to use that word). Oddly long recovery but I am FINALLY past this cold’s ridiculously long stage of needing to carry the good tissues with me everywhere. Hope you are long since over all of it.
Liz
Just got done reading both books love them can not wait to read the next one. keep up the good work. Can not wait to see what is a head for Jo.
Hi Michelle, I thought I replied to this but the lack of posting suggests I thought WRONG.
Anyway, however belatedly this is, thank you for stopping by to leave the nice note. On the plus side, it has made my day again! Hold on. My inner grandmother’s voice just chided me for finding an upside to being tardy with a thank you. Oh dear. Yikes there she is again. At least I HOPE that’s what’s going on. The alternative is that “Oh dear” is now a go-to part of my regular vocabulary. Must go now and proactively swear a bunch to right the world here.
Dear Liz,
I just finished both books, and I’m very happy to read that you’re working on number 3. Thank you for a great series. I’ll be coming back here to check on book new!
Catherine
Catherine, thank you for taking the time to swing by and leave me such a nice note. You have inspired me to get off my keister (a little) and actually post on my blog. The dislodged cat is a little unhappy about this development but I appreciate the motivation.
Are you really working on another one, because you can’t just leave it like that! I saw that the books had been re-released? Please tell me the muse isn’t gone
Sher, perish the thought! I really AM working on the Underdead series; it’s just slow as life has intervened, as it sometimes does. (If I could sic a rabid team of vampires on the obstacles that have popped up, trust me, I would.) The first draft of the third book is done (and waiting in a drawer for fresh-brained editing) and the fourth book is plotted. Meanwhile, I’m readying the first book in the Crimson series, a fish-out-of-water series about a rather nice girl from Pasadena, CA who learns on her 16th b-day that she is a princess–of darkness.
I plan to refocus on Underdead #3 later this summer, after my sister gets married. (Note that that is not one of the obstacles that needs vampire intervention. Pity the vampire who would try to interfere with MY sister’s wedding!!! However, if they would like to work on getting my maid of honor dress altered, you know, do something productive in their free time, that would be great.)
In the meantime, I’ll let you in on something no one knows yet, the working titles of the next two Underdead books:
#3 UNDERDEAD WITH A VENGEANCE
and
#4 UNDERDEAD UNHINGED
They’re tentative only because I crack up every time I write the titles, which always worries me a bit. I get a wee bit twisted in my humor when I’ve been back in school for too long. Which is the case right now.
Have a groovy weekend!
–Liz