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I’ve been enjoying the hell out of Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero. The book has a great high concept, which is what if the Scooby Gang encountered actual H P Lovecraft style monsters on one of their adventures? And then suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder? And then had to get back together again as adults when they discover the case isn’t quite as over as they thought it was? Great…[read on]About Murder in the Dark, from the publisher:
“The past is England’s dreaming, and not all of it sleeps soundly…”Visit Simon R. Green's website.
Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been despatched to assist a group of scientists who are investigating a mysterious black hole which has appeared on a Somerset hillside. Could it really be a doorway to another dimension, an opening into another world?
When one of the scientists disappears into the hole – with fatal consequences – Ishmael must prove whether it was an accident – or murder. But with no clues, no witnesses and no apparent motive, he has little to go on. Is there an alien predator at large, or is an all-too-human killer responsible? Only one thing is certain: if Ishmael does not uncover the truth in time, more deaths will follow…
My Book, The Movie: Murder in the Dark.
Writers Read: Simon R. Green.
--Marshal Zeringue