Who Dares Wins - Kim Newman

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A Romanian noble has hostages in the Romanian embassy. Ruthven, back in the cabinet, wants Ceaucesceau out, so he is happy to indulge in some violence, here.

Katie Reed has been contacted to observe, but gets hauled inside the embassy, and this is the guy she is dealing with: "...the other held Meinster's two poodles. In the forest, Kate had seen Meinster kill another vampire for ridiculing his beloved dogs. They were vampire pets, little canine monsters with sharpened fangs, fattened on drops of baby-blood. They must have been smuggled into the country despite quarantine regulations designed to keep undead animals like them out -- a more serious crime than terrorism in the opinion of many Home Counties pet owners."

Meinster, sans poodles, leaps out the window with Kate, to avoid Commander Bond and his SAS-ninja vampires attacking the building. Bond is there to deal with Graf von Orlok, an associate of Meinster's.

Richard Jeperson is there to oversee.

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