Hunting Death follows avid reader Charlotte Coleman as she arrives in Ireland for a much-needed investigative vacation. With no family to speak of, she has lived a life of relative solitude and has always loved the escape books provided, particularly vampire romance novels. There was just something alluring to her about stories where a woman's pure virtue and beauty can compel a beast to reconnect with his humanity and change for the better. Of course, Charlotte understands that these stories are fictional, but the myths of vampires had to come from somewhere and she had never quite abandoned the idea that vampires may have once existed. When she learns of a castle in Ireland that is shrouded in vampire myths, she decides to cash in all that vacation time she hasn't been using to travel to Ireland and investigate the castle.
Ireland is a beautiful and welcoming place, but as Charlotte soon discovers, there are more secrets here than she realized. Despite ominous warnings from the Innkeeper, she decides to find her way across the foggy moor to the castle. Charlotte just wants to get on with her adventure, but she gets more than she bargained for when she starts to poke around.