Deadbeat

Description

"I think you’re missing something, what did you notice about the woman in the coffin? …She was breathing. Not a common habit amongst the dead." -- It’s the middle of the night and, in a dark suburban churchyard, a group of men are loading a coffin into the back of a transit van. But why would you be taking a full coffin away from a graveyard and, more importantly, why is the occupant still breathing? The matter obviously needs thorough investigation by the best, most capable authorities. Which is a pity as the only two witnesses are a pair of drunken ex-theatricals with reasons of their own to avoid the police. Tom Harris (nightclub owner) and Max Jackson (habitual barfly) are on the case. God help us… Deadbeat: Makes You Stronger is the first in a series of adventures set the secret underbelly of contemporary London, a place where the dead walk, magic can be bought on street corners and anything is possible. Frankly, it’s just like every other Pulp Crime/Horror/ Zombie/Comedy/Thriller you’ve ever read.

First Sentence

There comes a time in everyone’s life when you become aware of a very real and urgent need to look at what you’ve become; that moment when you see yourself with agonising clarity and realise it might be time to make some changes.

Subjects

Genres

• Humour
• Mystery
• Horror

Series Statement

• Deadbeat