| 1 | An UrbanFantasy book by Vincent Holland-Keen, telling a story of a peculiar private detective - for example, he found [[Main/ButterflyOfDoom that butterfly which started the hurricane]] that hit the town last week. Thomas Locke can find anything, the only problem is what's going to happen once he does. And in a world where people reincarnate as kitchen appliances, old ladies roam the city in search of wrongs to be set right and where life insurance '''actually''' guarantees you a new life, the consequences of your actions can be hard to determine. It's not exactly a DetectiveDrama - while there's a detective and sometimes an investigation, the case being solved is not always the actual mystery. |
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| 3 | This book is a mix of [[Creator/NeilGaiman Neil Gaiman]]'s style of presentation and [[Creator/DouglasAdams Douglas Adams]]' humour and absurd. It skirts pretty close to black comedy genre, without getting too desperate - if anything it's simply funny, without being too optimistic about the world. |
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| 5 | !!!This series provides examples of: |
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| 7 | * ActionGirl: Veronica Drysdale [[spoiler:who start with murder of her husband, and carries on from there. She's not a bloodthirsty murderer though, she's just not afraid to use force when necessary.]] |
| 8 | * IAmLegion: [[spoiler: The Company]] |
| 9 | * LivingShadow: [[spoiler:Lafarge]] |
| 10 | * OddFriendship: between Thomas and Veronica. They don't really have anything in common, but circumstances put them together and force to cooperate. |
| 11 | * OurMonstersAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Billy's friend]] are the horrors from under the bed - but they're friendly to [[spoiler:Billy]] |
| 12 | * RightHandCat: [[spoiler:Fiddlesticks]]. Although in the end it turns out that it was [[spoiler:the brain behind the justice operation all time long]]. |
| 13 | * MagnificentBastard: Vincent Drysdale |
| 14 | * MemoryWipingCrew: [[spoiler:memekers]]. And you get a fancy bibelot in exchange, win-win! |
| 15 | * ParentalNeglect: [[spoiler:Veronica's]] parents, big time. |
| 16 | * TentacleRope: [[spoiler:Umivatore]] - and its tentacles are the least scary part of it |
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