Your Days Are Numbered: A Salmon & Dusk Casebook

by Myke Bartlett

DETECTIVES. THIEVES. TIME-TRAVELLERS. (REASONABLE RATES.) 'Somewhere in this city, there's a hole in history, in reality itself, and it's getting bigger. I'm the only detective in town who keeps an eye on what crawls through. Things that aren't real. Things like whatever sneaked up on you and claimed you for its own.' Kilbey Salmon has charm, a quick gob and an instinct for self-preservation. Nero Dusk has a lot of patience, a grumpy demeanour and a way with his fists. Theo Cartwright is an Australian journalist who often wonders why she spends time with either of them. In their time-travelling London cab, they scrape together a living finding things that never existed and solving crimes that never happened for people desperate enough to seek their help. Mostly, they get themselves in trouble. And when there's trouble for Salmon & Dusk, it's the strangest sort of trouble London has ever seen... For a start, there's the artist whose paintings are taking on a life of their own, there's the client wanting to solve his own murder, there's the ex-convict and his misplaced loot, and there's a sociopathic vegan hunting a stopwatch that can wind back history itself. BASED ON THE POPULAR PODCAST SERIES THE TERRIBLE BUSINESS OF SALMON & DUSK, THESE TALES ARE A GIDDY FUSION OF RAYMOND CHANDLER, DOUGLAS ADAMS AND ROCK 'N ROLL. 'It's moody London at its best, it's high concept Sci-Fi, and it's thought-provoking human literature' - Podiobooks.com review.

Genres: Audiobook, Urban Fantasy

Audiobook

First published December 22, 2010

About the author

Myke's Young Adult novel FIRE IN THE SEA won the 2011 Text Prize and was published in July 2012.

A trained journalist, Myke writes on politics, movies, pop culture and rock music. His work has been published in THE AGE, DUMBO FEATHER, OVERLAND, TRIPLE J MAGAZINE, METRO, CREAM MAGAZINE and THE BIG ISSUE. (And some other titles that won't fit into that very long sentence.)

He is the culture journalist for Melbourne magazine THE WEEKLY REVIEW. You can read his weekly column at http://www.theweeklyreview.com.au/und...

Myke has also written and performed podcasted fiction. His SALMON & DUSK podcasts have sometimes broken into the Top 10 US iTunes Podcast Charts. Which is pretty amazing, really.

He currently lives in Melbourne with his wife, his daughter and a Boston Terrier called Moxy.

Reviews

[Lotta · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this podcast about Salmon and Dusk cases even better than How to Disappear Completely. The cases are wonderfully suited for the pod serial format, the stories are brilliant and the reading wonderful. I am crushing on these stories right now, and am so so so hoping that there will be more about Salmon, Dusk and Cartwright. If you like London Noir, ironic detectives and the slightly supernatural, this could be for you. And did I mention you can get them for free on iTunes or podiobooks.com?

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

very unique. interesting. captivating.