Smoke and Shadows

Smoke and Shadows (2004) is a novel by Tanya Huff. It is the first book in a series that spins off her previous Blood books, which also featured the character of the vampire Henry Fitzroy, but here the protagonist is a minor character from those books who takes center stage, a young gay man named Tony Foster.

After moving to Vancouver with Henry, and then tentatively separating from him, Tony is hired as a production assistant for a television show about a vampire detective.