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Martel P.I. #1
Ashetown Blues
"Nobody knows tough times until they've spent a year in Ashetown."
In the Imperial capital, the Ashetown district is where the trash flows downstream and where private detective Thomas Martel calls home. Ashetown Blues is a collection of three sci-fi noir stories featuring Martel as he searches for meaning in a world where right and wrong merge into the gray of the night.
"The Cold Sleep"
Even the rich have problems, even after they're dead.
Martel is hired to find a young socialite after her body goes missing from the morgue, but the truth he finds goes deeper than six feet under.
"Lady Falcata"
Ashetown was no place for a lady, but Michelle Falcata was not the lady she used to be. Of noble birth, Lady Falcata had traded a silver spoon for a pair of nine-millimeter pistols and never looked back.
"Wasabi City"
The Little Tokyo enclave dealt with their own problems until gangsters started dying at the hands of a mythical Oni. Now, the Yakuza need Martel's help, but will the blood flow deeper than a P.I. can swim?
In the Imperial capital, the Ashetown district is where the trash flows downstream and where private detective Thomas Martel calls home. Ashetown Blues is a collection of three sci-fi noir stories featuring Martel as he searches for meaning in a world where right and wrong merge into the gray of the night.
"The Cold Sleep"
Even the rich have problems, even after they're dead.
Martel is hired to find a young socialite after her body goes missing from the morgue, but the truth he finds goes deeper than six feet under.
"Lady Falcata"
Ashetown was no place for a lady, but Michelle Falcata was not the lady she used to be. Of noble birth, Lady Falcata had traded a silver spoon for a pair of nine-millimeter pistols and never looked back.
"Wasabi City"
The Little Tokyo enclave dealt with their own problems until gangsters started dying at the hands of a mythical Oni. Now, the Yakuza need Martel's help, but will the blood flow deeper than a P.I. can swim?
112 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 24, 2023
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About the author
W.H. Mitchell
13 books21 followersW.H. Mitchell is the author of the darkly humorous space opera series The Imperium Chronicles, including The Arks of Andromeda, The Dragons of Andromeda, The Robots of Andromeda, The Dreams of Andromeda, and the Elves of Andromeda. With dark, dry humor, he explores the hubris of humanity through palace intrigues, mega-corporations, and occasionally confused robots. He has also written a sci-fi noir collection of stories featuring Martel P.I. called Ashetown Blues.
Born and raised in Omaha, NE, W. H. Mitchell has called Kansas City his home for more than a decade. With a degree in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Mitchell’s writing has been compared to “Frank Herbert through the eyes and voice of Douglas Adams.” He currently lives in Olathe, KS with his wife and two cats.
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Born and raised in Omaha, NE, W. H. Mitchell has called Kansas City his home for more than a decade. With a degree in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Mitchell’s writing has been compared to “Frank Herbert through the eyes and voice of Douglas Adams.” He currently lives in Olathe, KS with his wife and two cats.
Follow him at:
www.WHMitchellFiction.com
www.twitter.com/willbot3000
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July 14, 2023
Three short but good stories.
Well written with great characters Mattel is a PI working the mean streets of a future Tokyo very reminiscent of the Liquid Cool books by Austin Dragon. With a street smart main character with a different take on the receptionist making both PIs offices are almost interchangeable, a great read in a well constructed worldscape, Well worth a read, Baz.
Well written with great characters Mattel is a PI working the mean streets of a future Tokyo very reminiscent of the Liquid Cool books by Austin Dragon. With a street smart main character with a different take on the receptionist making both PIs offices are almost interchangeable, a great read in a well constructed worldscape, Well worth a read, Baz.
December 18, 2024
Ashetown Blues is a fantastic collection of three short sci-fi noirs. The tone is spot-on and the humor is perfectly on balance with the world and characters. The A.I. secretary is hilarious! I will be eagerly awaiting more stories featuring Martel P.I.
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