Dead Men Rise up Never |
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Author:
| Paddock, Jilly |
ISBN: | 978-1-5151-4219-5 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2015 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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A man is killed on the streets of Prosperity City, stabbed through the heart by a unicorn, In the cold light of dawn, the glamour fled, the creature is just a shaggy pony with a tin-plate horn.Detective-Inspector A. Afton Lamont and her not-quite human partner, Jerome, are handed the case and follow the trail to Avalon, a private estate owned by the last son of one of their colony world's founding families. It's also home to a strange community of bohemian artists, plus a controlling...
More DescriptionA man is killed on the streets of Prosperity City, stabbed through the heart by a unicorn, In the cold light of dawn, the glamour fled, the creature is just a shaggy pony with a tin-plate horn.Detective-Inspector A. Afton Lamont and her not-quite human partner, Jerome, are handed the case and follow the trail to Avalon, a private estate owned by the last son of one of their colony world's founding families. It's also home to a strange community of bohemian artists, plus a controlling AI who can inhabit a variety of bodies.In a tale of deception and illusion, of an idyllic rural paradise underpinned by technology, of dreams made flesh, can Afton and Jerome discover the murderer in a tangle of lies, secrets and outright magic?From Author Jilly Paddock (To Die A Stranger) comes Dead Men Rise Up Never, featuring tales of mystery, magic, technology, and intrigue. Also included is a short tale revealing what these intrepid detectives do after solving a high-profile murder case, which is of course get drunk in a local bar with their colleagues from Forensics.Excitement, danger, and more await in Jilly Paddock's Dead Men Rise Up Never. From Pro Se Productions.