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Nightmare Syndrome

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  • Publication date: 03/05/2018
  • eBook ISBN: 9781911440260
A Yellowthread Street Mystery 15

Nightmare Syndrome

William Marshall

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Nothing real could possibly be so terrifying.

The victims were old, rich and powerful. Men who had experienced everything life has to offer. Yet whatever they saw killed them with fear alone. Stopped their hearts dead. Made them tear their eyeballs out of their sockets. 

In the final few weeks before the handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese, detective Harry Feiffer faces a battle with evil incarnate: a demonic witch doctor who has been sowing discord and reaping lives across Asia for more than a century. A monster which might even have killed his father. Or so he is starting to believe. 

Detective Christopher O’Yee is packing up Yellowthread police station when a sleepwalking man enters his office, hands him a coded message, and plants an axe in his desk. The unexpected visitor has sharpened teeth, and he‘s bringing some friends.

Far below their feet, in the sewers beneath the station, PCs Spencer and Auden uncover a long forgotten menace – the mother of all unexploded bombs. Twenty foot of blue steel filled with anti-tamper devices and high explosives. For Spencer, this is a dream come true.

The penultimate book in William Marshall’s series is one of his best. A crazed meditation on the loss of empire, childhood and sanity, told in his inimitable madcap style.

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To the End

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  • Publication date: 03/05/2018
  • eBook ISBN: 9781911440277
A Yellowthread Street Mystery 16

To the End

William Marshall

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One last chance for justice.

Charlie Porter, the head of Hong Kong’s anti-triad unit, has been murdered. He was DCI Harry Feiffer’s lifelong friend. But Hong Kong is returning to Chinese rule. The chains of command have been broken. Yellowthread police station stands empty. With no authority, nobody to help, and just days to go until he returns his badge, has time finally run out for Hong Kong’s finest detective?

PCs Spencer and Auden have been summoned to Tiger Dragon Square by the mysterious Duke of Extended Holiness. Black-robed warriors, cannon fire and the cursed dungeons of the Geomancer’s castle await them. 

Meanwhile Detective Christopher O’Yee has nothing left to do but pay off his informants. Not the best day for a visit by Colonel Claude Kong of the Chinese People’s Police.

The final book in William Marshall’s series is one of his most reflective, bringing together his thoughts on China, the inevitability of change, and the slippery nature of justice in a moving and fitting conclusion to the inimitable series.

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The Bandy Papers

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  • Publication date: 13/12/2018
  • eBook ISBN: 9781788420075
The Bandy Papers 999

The Bandy Papers

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Donald Jack

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“I enjoyed every word . . . terrifically funny.” P.G. Wodehouse

With his disturbingly horse-like face and a pious distaste for strong drink and bad language, young Bartholomew Bandy doesn’t seem cut out for life in the armed services, as we meet him at the start of the First World War. 

Yet he not only survives the dangers and squalor of the infantry trenches, he positively thrives in the Royal Flying Corps, revealing a surprising aptitude for splitarsing Sopwith Camels and shooting down the Hun. He even manages to get the girl. 

Donald Jack’s blackly humorous Bandy memoirs are classics of their kind. Against an unshrinkingly depicted backdrop of war and its horrors, his anti-hero’s adventures are both gripping and shockingly funny.

Join Bartholomew Bandy in battle, in the skies and in all sorts of scrapes with this collection of the first three titles in the Bandy Papers series: Three Cheers for Me, That’s Me in the Middle and It’s Me Again.

What people are saying about The Bandy Papers:

“Reading can lead to involuntary bursts of loud laughter.”

“Very descriptive, full of air combats and written with a fine eye for period detail . . . there is quite simply no finer book of its kind. Highly recommended.”

“It is clear that Bandy likely should’ve been killed several times, but very likely the Grim Reaper was laughing too hard to hold his scythe straight . . .”

“Hysterically funny! . . . each book is another installment in the continuing saga of a Canadian and his adventures in war, the world, and women.”

“I have yet to find another author with the wit and humor of Donald Jack.”

Editorial reviews:

“Jack does more than play it for laughs . . . The mingling of humor and horror is like a clown tap-dancing on a coffin, but Jack is skillful enough to get away with it.” Time Magazine

“Funny. Very. Donald Jack has as light a touch with this fragile art as his hero has on throttle of a Sopwith Camel. Excessive corn is avoided in favour of wit and a delight in life.” New York Times

“Bartholomew Bandy is the most remarkable hero (or anti-hero) since Harold Lloyd impersonated the Freshman.” Chicago Tribune

“To know Bandy is to love him . . . you tend to gallop through and come hurtling out at the end panting for more.” The Sunday Sun

“For those to whom Bandy is a newcomer, what a treat is in store.” Toronto Star

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Cadillac Beach

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  • Publication date: 01/12/2016
  • eBook ISBN: 9781911440345
A Serge Storms Adventure 6

Cadillac Beach

Tim Dorsey

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Serge Storms, the history-loving, letter-writing, possibly certifiable serial killer, returns for another adventure.

This time the one-man crime spree swings through Florida before settling down in Miami Beach to launch his long-overdue offbeat travel service. It’s a labour of love as Serge forces customers to confront the underbelly of the American state’s past and present.

All while multi-tasking to battle the Palermo crime family, mystery assassins, local police, the FBI, the CIA, telemarketers . . . and solve a forty-year-old mystery involving the infamous “Murph the Surf” gem heist!

In other words, welcome to Tim Dorsey’s slice of America – where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!

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The Big Bamboo

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  • Publication date: 23/03/2017
  • Paperback ISBN: 9781911440413
  • eBook ISBN: 9781911440765
A Serge Storms Adventure 8

The Big Bamboo

Tim Dorsey

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The world’s most lovable serial killer is back. During this latest cavalcade of nonstop felonies, Serge Storms finds time to resurrect his obsession with movies, particularly those showcasing his beloved Florida. And he wants answers! Why aren’t more films shot there? How come the ones that are stink so bad?

Naturally, Serge, accompanied by his substance-sustained sidekick, Coleman, must immediately hop a transcontinental flight to straighten out Hollywood once and for all. But, of course, being Serge, his mission is sidetracked by perpetual detours to irresistible celluloid landmarks . . . and intrigue.

Welcome to Tim Dorsey’s slice of America – where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!

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Electric Barracuda

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  • Publication date: 18/05/2017
  • eBook ISBN: 9781911440772
A Serge Storms Adventure 13

Electric Barracuda

Tim Dorsey

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Serge Storms, that lovable thermonuclear vigilante, has been scattering corpses behind him for more than a decade. The authorities notice the body count, and send a task force to track down Serge. Could his luck finally have run out?

Meanwhile, armed with his perpetually baked sidekick, Coleman, Serge decides to resurrect his online travel-advice website where you, too, can learn how to experience his home state of Florida through the eyes of a fugitive.

Off they go, blogging along a getaway route through the state’s most remote back roads and bars, where the number of cadavers begins stacking up like Serge’s website hits. Clues and questions mount . . . Who are all the women being photographed in the swamp? And what made Coleman draw on his face with Magic Markers?

In other words, welcome to Tim Dorsey’s slice of America – where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!

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Pineapple Grenade

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  • Publication date: 24/08/2017
  • eBook ISBN: 9781911440796
A Serge Storms Adventure 14

Pineapple Grenade

Tim Dorsey

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In this adventure Serge Storms bumps it up a notch, joining a CIA operation so covert even the agency doesn’t know about it.

First, there’s the media frenzy over the “Hollow Man”, a gutless corpse found on the beach. Could this be the work of Serge, that eccentric trivialista and one-man vigilante squad?

But also why is he extensively photographing foreign consulates right before the critically important Summit of the Americas comes to town? Does it have something to do with Serge’s declaration to his ever-stoned sidekick, Coleman, that he’s decided to become a spy?

The intelligence community isn’t amused, and they want answers: How did Serge and Coleman get so cosy with the president of a banana republic? Who is the femme fatale with a heart of gold – and national pride? Why is the congressman in favour of the latest oil spill? When did everyone forget how to drive?

In other words, welcome to Tim Dorsey’s slice of America – where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!

 

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The Riptide Ultra-Glide

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  • Publication date: 21/09/2017
  • eBook ISBN: 9781911440802
A Serge Storms Adventure 15

The Riptide Ultra-Glide

Tim Dorsey

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Brilliant local historian, bighearted psychopath and chipper tour guide Serge Storms takes a holidaying couple on the ride of a lifetime.

When newly unemployed Patrick and Barbara McDougall decide a break in Florida is just what they need to put life back on the right track, awful accommodations, a robbery, and a not-so-helpful police department make them rethink their decision to drown their troubles in paradise.

Luckily, charismatic Serge and his perpetually altered sidekick, Coleman, are on hand. But are the McDougalls safer with Serge – or should they take their chances on the mean streets? Will Coleman get tired of signing autographs? Can pelicans be used as murder weapons? And is time running out for our heroes?

In other words, welcome to Tim Dorsey’s slice of America – where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!

 

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Shark Skin Suite

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  • Publication date: 16/11/2017
  • eBook ISBN: 9781911440826
A Serge Storms Adventure 17

Shark Skin Suite

Tim Dorsey

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Bottom feeders beware: the Sunshine State’s favourite psychotic killer and lovable Floridaphile Serge Storms has found a new calling as a legal eagle, and he’s going to make a killing as a crusading attorney – and star as a dashing lawyer on the big screen while he’s at it.

One of Serge’s old flames, young lawyer Brook Campanella, is ruthless at taking down the greedy banksters kicking people out of their homes. The opposition is determined to shut her down and they’ll go to extreme lengths to do it.

Luckily for her, Serge has been hired to do some investigative legwork on the case. There’s nothing he likes better than saving a damsel in distress, especially when it means kicking a bunch of shyster butt. The mayhem comes to a hilarious head at the Key West courthouse, at the height of the island’s raucous Fantasy Fest street carnival, and no one, including Serge, will ever be the same. 

Take the plunge and swim with the sharks in Tim Dorsey’s slice of America – where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!

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Tiger Shrimp Tango

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  • Publication date: 19/10/2017
  • eBook ISBN: 9781911440819
A Serge Storms Adventure 16

Tiger Shrimp Tango

Tim Dorsey

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Thanks to the Internet, America has become a playground for ruthless scam artists out to make an easy buck. And where do these models of entrepreneurship hail from? Why, the Sunshine State of course!

No one loves Florida more, or can keep it safe from invasive criminal species better than self-appointed Sunshine Sheriff Serge Storms. When a particular scam leads to the death of a few innocents and a young woman’s disappearance, Serge and his perpetually self-bent sidekick Coleman – aided by his new pal, latter-day noir private eye Mahoney – load up the car for a riotous road trip to do right.

Packed with seafood, mayhem, blood, Coleman’s deep thoughts, Floridian lore, and more, Tiger Shrimp Tango is a hilarious adventure set in Tim Dorsey’s unique slice of America – where nobody gets out unscathed and untanned!

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