Genre: Crime/Comedy
Description:
“I need a coffin,’ she said.
Not an unusual request to put to an undertaker and not an unwelcome
one either, since Max, Alan and Scratch are once again struggling to keep their
funeral business from going under.
The sale of a single coffin wasn’t going to save them, of course, but
the woman who wants it happens to be a dominatrix with a supposedly foolproof
plan to rob a bank.
Max and his partners don’t exactly jump at the chance as their
previous attempts at bank robbery had almost always ended in disaster. But
maybe this was an opportunity too good to miss.
What they hadn’t bargained for, though, was that the bank job was just
the beginning of a catastrophic series of events including blackmail, betrayal,
murder and an unwelcome brush with organised crime.”
Author:
Rob Johnson is a playwright with four plays
that have been professionally produced and toured throughout the UK. He has
also written several books.
For more, visit Johnson’s website.
Appraisal:
As with the other books in this series, the main protagonists are Max
Dempsey (okay, that’s not really his name, but it is the name he uses now, read
the book to understand why) and his two partners. In theory they’re in the
undertaking business, selling coffins, preparing people for burial or cremating
their bodies … you know, not what most of us would consider fun, but definitely
a legitimate business. But when the only other undertaker in the area seems to
be getting all the business and the money coming in isn’t coming nearly fast enough
to cover the money going out, a guy’s gotta find some way to make a few bucks
to get through the dry patch, right? They’ve robbed banks before and when
presented with a proposal that appears to be a sure thing, they jump at the
chance. Down the rabbit hole they go as complications happen and their reaction
to those only causes more complications. Whether or not it all works out for
them and how they finally get to whatever the end result turns out to be is an
adventure that keeps them and you, the reader, on your toes as the unexpected
keeps happening and the whole time you’re going to be laughing (after all, it
is a comedic crime story) as well as happy you aren’t one of Max’s partners.
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FYI:
You’ll have no doubt that the author as well as all the characters are
Brits, not only from the UK spelling conventions, but from the British slang
that is constantly coming from the mouths of all the characters.
Also some adult language and some adult topics come up.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 70-75,000 words
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