His entry begins:
I’m fortunate to get advance copies of novels, and I’ve read some truly special ones recently. The first is a debut, The Book of Doors, by Gareth Brown. It’s a fiendishly clever display of powerhouse storytelling where there’s always something at stake, and none of the characters are safe. It also features one of the best baddies of recent years. Can you use the term baddie if you’re over the age of eight? Apparently so. Out in February in the UK and the US, I’ve got no doubt this tale of magical books – and those that are prepared to kill for them – them will be...[read on]About The Ungrateful Dead, from the publisher:
The gripping third instalment in Adam Simcox's supernatural crime DYING SQUAD series.Follow Adam Simcox on Twitter, Instagram, and Threads.
A MISSING DETECTIVE
Detective Joe Lazarus is missing. The Dying Squad are on the case, but following reports of his sighting, signs suggesthe may have fallen back into his criminal ways.
A DEATH IN A NIGHTCLUB
A new drug is taking the world by storm. Spook allows the living to see the dead, but its effects are often fatal. The Dying Squad's visit to a Berlin nightclub quickly turns their search into an entirely more sinister case.
TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
Because the invention of Spook has another purpose. One that's been decades in the planning. Two worlds are on a collision course - the living and the dead's - and the Dying Squad must summon all their investigatory cunning to stop a plot that could change people's (after)lives for ever.
My Book, The Movie: The Dying Squad.
Q&A with Adam Simcox.
The Page 69 Test: The Ungrateful Dead.
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--Marshal Zeringue
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