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The Damned Thing
The toughest detective in 1939 Atlanta is a woman by the name of Violet Cambridge. And she knows her job like she knows herself. All the shadows and alleys, the light and the dark. But when the search for a missing sister and the brutal murder of her partner take her into territory unfamiliar, Violet finds herself on the road to Hell in search of The Damned Thing.
Award winning author Barry Reese’s hard boiled supernatural detective thriller returns in an all new Pro Se Productions edition. Noted for pushing the boundaries of Genre Fiction, Reese takes the classic tropes of the Private Eye tale and gives them his own imaginative, bizarre twists and turns in The Damned Thing. Fans of Reese’s work will recognize characters and themes that run through Reese’s work and new readers will find intrigue, mystery, action, and terror on every page.
From machine guns to magic spells, from mobsters to monsters, Violet Cambridge will face them all in the unholy quest for The Damned Thing. From Reese Unlimited, an imprint of Pro Se Productions.
Award winning author Barry Reese’s hard boiled supernatural detective thriller returns in an all new Pro Se Productions edition. Noted for pushing the boundaries of Genre Fiction, Reese takes the classic tropes of the Private Eye tale and gives them his own imaginative, bizarre twists and turns in The Damned Thing. Fans of Reese’s work will recognize characters and themes that run through Reese’s work and new readers will find intrigue, mystery, action, and terror on every page.
From machine guns to magic spells, from mobsters to monsters, Violet Cambridge will face them all in the unholy quest for The Damned Thing. From Reese Unlimited, an imprint of Pro Se Productions.
174 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2010
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Barry Reese
123 books27 followersBarry Reese is one of the leading authors in the modern pulp revival. A former writer for Marvel Comics, Reese is the author of The Rook series and many other novels. His work has appeared in books published by Marvel Comics, West End Games, Wild Cat Books, Moonstone Books and Pulpwork Press. Reese's newest book, RABBIT HEART, was published in February 2010 and features his first foray into the horror genre.
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March 8, 2020
Toughe Privatdetektive, Sex and Crime, und dazu Monster lovecraftiatischer Art. Zur Kunst des Autoren gehört es nicht nur aufregende neue Visionen altbekannter Themen zu entwickeln, gefährliche Visionen, sondern auch neue Worte zu finden. Warum sollte man Barry Reeses vielleicht verrichtete Werk nicht lieben? Es gelingt ihm nonchalant die Erwartungen zu umgehen und selbst Veteranen unter seinen Lesern zu verwundern.
Meine Verwunderung überschlug sich, als ein gewisser Perdurabo auftrat... Ein mir allzu bekannter Magus, der vitaler und verdrehter war, als er zu diesem Zeitpunkt in der wirklichen Welt war. Rückgängig für die imaginären Recherchen, aber... Lovecraftiatisch... Gefährliche Visionen... Nicht schlecht für einen Sonntagmorgen, Mr Reese!
Meine Verwunderung überschlug sich, als ein gewisser Perdurabo auftrat... Ein mir allzu bekannter Magus, der vitaler und verdrehter war, als er zu diesem Zeitpunkt in der wirklichen Welt war. Rückgängig für die imaginären Recherchen, aber... Lovecraftiatisch... Gefährliche Visionen... Nicht schlecht für einen Sonntagmorgen, Mr Reese!
June 17, 2012
I liked this book by Barry Reese. There were some parts of it I found little disconcerting and crude at times, but overall it was a memorable story and held my attention throughout.
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