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Dead Boy Detectives by Toby Litt & Mark Buckingham (The Dead Boy Detectives
Edwin Paine and Charles Roland have a lot in common - they’re both English schoolboys who love a good detective story, and they’ve been known to dabble in mystery-solving themselves. They’re also both dead, a condition which has proven to be less of a hindrance than one might think. From the pages of THE SANDMAN, Neil Gaiman's intrepid dead schoolboys head back to the horror that is St. Hilarions School; the place where they both were murdered. This volume collects Toby Litt and Mark Buckingham's Dead Boy Detectives #1-12, as well as well as the short stories “Run Ragged” from Witching Hour #1, Ghosts #1 and Time Warp #1.
289 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 11, 2023
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Toby Litt
89 books208 followersToby Litt was born in Bedfordshire, England. He studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia where he was taught by Malcolm Bradbury, winning the 1995 Curtis Brown Fellowship.
He lived in Prague from 1990 to 1993 and published his first book, a collection of short stories entitled Adventures in Capitalism, in 1996.
In 2003 Toby Litt was nominated by Granta magazine as one of the 20 'Best of Young British Novelists'.
In 2018, he published Wrestliana, his memoir about wrestling, writing, losing and being a man.
His novel, A Writer's Diary, was published by Galley Beggar Press on January 1st 2022.
A Writer's Diary continues daily on Substack.
He lives in London and is the Head of Creative Writing at the University of Southampton.
He lived in Prague from 1990 to 1993 and published his first book, a collection of short stories entitled Adventures in Capitalism, in 1996.
In 2003 Toby Litt was nominated by Granta magazine as one of the 20 'Best of Young British Novelists'.
In 2018, he published Wrestliana, his memoir about wrestling, writing, losing and being a man.
His novel, A Writer's Diary, was published by Galley Beggar Press on January 1st 2022.
A Writer's Diary continues daily on Substack.
He lives in London and is the Head of Creative Writing at the University of Southampton.
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May 25, 2024
I naturally picked this up after watching the Netflix series because I wanted better context for the adaptation. And it was nice to go back to when the Dead Boy Detectives were still actually boys and not your classic Netflix YA target market actors, but that's what that ended up being.
The book does great in terms of bring Crystal to life and we see her get involved in the boys' investigations one way or another. The stories really go into a direction of its own and I can see why the book didn't last too long (can be compiled in one large volume!) and why the Netflix show went in a very different direction.
The book does great in terms of bring Crystal to life and we see her get involved in the boys' investigations one way or another. The stories really go into a direction of its own and I can see why the book didn't last too long (can be compiled in one large volume!) and why the Netflix show went in a very different direction.
May 27, 2024
wow
It was a pretty good murder book. I just can’t wait for the next book to read! I hope i like it!
It was a pretty good murder book. I just can’t wait for the next book to read! I hope i like it!
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