Set in a small Cotswold town, Inspector Hobbes and the Blood is a
fast-paced comedy crime fantasy about the adventures of Andy, an
incompetent reporter, when he is reluctantly working with Inspector
Hobbes, a police detective with a reputation. Andy soon finds
himself immersed in a world where not everyone is human, and a
late-night visit to a churchyard nearly results in grave
consequences, and a ghoulish outcome. An accidental fire leads to
Andy having to doss in Hobbes's spare room. Contending with a wave
of murder, suicide and robbery, as well as Hobbes's weirdness, is
the just the start; he must also get to grips with Mrs Goodfellow,
Hobbes's housekeeper, who collects teeth. Although they are mostly
from humans, she also claims to have some vampire specimens.
However, Andy soon finds her wonderful cooking compensates for her
eccentricities. Despite Andy believing he is coping, he is nearly
unhinged by horror when a stressed Hobbes's concealed nature
reveals itself in an orgy of bone-crunching. Yet, coming through
unscathed, Andy develops respect and admiration for his host, even
when he uses weird, occasionally brutal, methods to begin
unravelling the mystery, which would appear to link The Order of
the Dragon and Vlad Tepes, the original Dracula, to the crime wave.
When Hobbes goes missing, Andy, with the dubious assistance of
Dregs, Hobbes's big, bad dog, and armed with a leg of lamb,
searches for him. Will he triumph over crazed blood lust and human
sacrifice? Can Andy with Hobbes's friends, a binge-drinking dwarf
and a troll who looks uncannily human, save the day? And can Andy
catch vampirism from false teeth? These and other questions may be
answered in Inspector Hobbes and the Blood.
General
Imprint: |
The Witcherley Book Company
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Unhuman, 1 |
Release date: |
July 2013 |
First published: |
July 2013 |
Authors: |
Wilkie Martin
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Dimensions: |
203 x 133 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
310 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-9576351-0-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Fantasy
Promotions
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LSN: |
0-9576351-0-9 |
Barcode: |
9780957635104 |
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