Cellar Door

by P.A. Fenton

Zak and Sara discover a hidden room adjoining the cellar of their house. The room contains a large supply of opium resin, four crates of World War Two machine pistols, and a decapitated corpse in a bath-tub. They've both recently lost their jobs and are struggling to pay their bills, so they attempt to profit from their discovery ... just until the economy picks up again, of course.

They're not the only ones interested in what else is under the floor of the house, though.


WARNING: This book contains strong language. Not too much, but it's there.

247 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 3, 2012

About the author

I was born in Sydney waaaay back in the seventies, and have spent most of my adult life in London with my wife. We woke up one day to discover we had children, so rather than let them grow up believing the sun to be the stuff of fairy tales, we legged it back to Australia.

I write books which fall somewhere between comedy (dark) and mystery; though some would argue they've been smeared thinly across both with an absurdity spatula.

When I'm not working or writing, I spend my time trying to convince my kids I know more than they do. I only have a small window for this, and it's closing fast.

Reviews

[Joo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Possibly my favourite book of the year so far :)

[Kath Middleton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cellar Door is the second novel from Paul Fenton, author of [[ASIN:B005JJTUC6 Punchline] and it confirms that he is no one-book-wonder. As the story unfurls we are drawn into the lives of a young couple who lose their jobs and face serious financial hardship. What they find in their cellar could change all that but finding it puts them in danger.

If you don't like strong language you will not even get as far as the beginning of Chapter 17 which had me laughing so loudly on a train journey that I startled a fellow passenger. The book is brilliantly written and brimming with Paul Fenton's wickedly funny dark sense of humour. He can go from hysterically funny to deeply poignant in a few words - an enviable skill. I look forward to yet more work of such quality from this talented writer.

[Nigel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this up as a Kindle freebie and based on past experience I was not expecting too much. However this was a really readable tale. It is not for polite folk at all but it is, at times, very very funny. The basic storyline is in the blurb and covers it well. I'd just add in that it is well written and I felt that the characters were very well worked indeed. I'll look at more of this author's work.

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining and fantastical story about the contents of a victorian cellar and the consequences of uncovering them.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amusing story, solid characters, a good light read.

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

An ok read. Amusing story of a couple who find 'treasure' in their cellar. The first half of the book shows promise but I got bored in the second half and a lot of things didn't add up. Their reactions didn't feel natural which made the story clunky and completely unbelievable.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Strange story but I didn't put it down.

[Amcii Cullum · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved it-every page, every moment of it.

[Hoho · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very funny.