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Auteur(s): George Penney, Tony Johnson
Narrateur(s): Brendan McDonald
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A rollicking comic-fantasy whodunnit with a Tudor twist!

Priests from OverLondon's Church of Vengeful Acquisition are exploding. Is the cause divine retribution, ballistic undergarments, or something more sinister? If only the city had a professional private investigator…

Luckily, notorious pirate-turned-privateer Captain Alex Reign has just narrowly escaped the hangman’s noose to establish the Reign Agency in Drury Lane. She needs cash fast and will take any job, even if failure means facing an inconveniently messy end. But what's a little danger to a professional swashbuckler?

Armed with nothing but her roguish wit, her reliably unreliable crew, and a rogue artificer experiencing a mortal crisis, Alex is convinced they'll have this crime solved and the reward pocketed by teatime.

To solve their first case, all they must do is survive while navigating rampaging nuns, clockwork horrors, confectionary gangsters, piratical florists, malevolent urchins, military-grade statuary, weaponized blasphemy, and sexual whales. How hard can it possibly be?

©2023 George Penney and Tony Johnson (P)2023 Swashbuckler Press Cozy Fantastique Fiction Humoristique Littérature et fiction Roman policier Science-fiction Steampunk Pirate
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"A delightful romp, chock-full of wonderfully bonkers ideas.” (C. K. [Caimh] McDonnell, best-selling author of the Stranger Times and Bunny McGarry series)

"If Spike Milligan and Terry Pratchett had ever got round to a collaboration, it might read like OverLondon.” (Heide Goody, best-selling author of the Sam Applewhite and Oddjobs series)

“The most fun you can have in the safety of a book. A rollicking good read!” (Kaaron Warren, multi-award-winning science fiction and horror author)
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This book starts with a dedication to the great Terry Pratchett. As in Pratchett's books, there is some good humor here. In another similarity, there also is an attempt to describe a rather absurd world. For my taste, they went a little too far in that. It all becomes a bit of a confusing mess that is hard to identify with. Other than that though, the story and humor in it are good enough that I would probably pick up the next book in the series if it ever comes out.

What elevates it to the next level is the outstanding narration. After listening to the brilliant "Stranger Times" series I went looking for books narrated by Brendan McDonald - there aren't enough of them...

Great narration saves an okay story

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