The Corpse Whisperer by H.R. Boldwood Book Tour and Giveaway :)
The
Corpse Whisperer
An
Allie Nighthawk Mystery Book 1
by
H.R. Boldwood
Genre:
Urban Fantasy, Mystery
Welcome
to the world of Allie Nighthawk, corpse whisperer and badass zombie
hunter.
“If
you raise deadheads, you’d better be able to put ‘em down. Nobody
said it was pretty. But in this day, when vampires aren’t just for
breakfast anymore, and the dead are disposable pawns for
necromancers, someone has to ante up. Looks like I won the lotto.
Imagine my delight. You should thank me, really, because the world is
batshit crazy.”
When
the zombie population spikes and no one knows why, it’s up to Allie
to solve the mystery. But there’s a hitch. She’s stuck
babysitting Leo Abruzzi, a zombie-bitten gangster who’s turning
state’s evidence. But the mob and a powerful necromancer will stop
at nothing to take Leo and Allie down.
Allie
Nighthawk is Anita Blake on steroids, with a fondness for leather and
Jack on the rocks. She has a healthy dose of Stephanie Plum and
Rachel Morgan in her, too, though she’d never admit it.
The
battle between good and evil just got wicked fun.
Miriam
was facing the back of the room, slurping the innards off a pair of
rib spreaders. I eased open the door and crept inside, followed by
Lloyd and Rico, who locked the door behind us. Then I knocked on the
front of the cold storage unit to get her attention.
“Hey,
Miriam,” I yelled, as she gnawed on the rib spreaders. “Wassup,
girl?”
She
whirled around and issued a series of snarls and grunts, then began
to advance.
“We’ve
got a few questions. Can you help us out?”
She
lowered her head and growled.
Rico
pulled Lloyd behind a gurney and stared at me in disbelief. “This?
This is your big plan? What could possibly go wrong?”
I
took out my Ka-bar knife and held it by my side. Sweat trickled from
my temples, as I joined Rico and Lloyd behind the gurney.
Lloyd
pushed me away. “Get your own gurney, lady. This one’s full.”
“Careful,
Lloyd, if she doesn’t bite you, I might.” I waved at Miriam to
get her to focus on me. “Who killed you, Ms. Miller?”
She
lashed out like a psychotic, flesh-eating windmill, whipping the
Ka-bar out of my hand. It skittered across the floor and slid deep
beneath the stainless-steel sink.
Hells
bells. Things were getting out of hand.
H.R.
Boldwood is a writer of horror and speculative fiction. In another
incarnation, Boldwood is a Pushcart Prize nominee and was awarded the
2009 Bilbo Award for creative writing by Thomas More College.
Publication credits include, "Killing it Softly," "Short
Story America," "Bete Noir," "Everyday Fiction,"
"Toys in the Attic," "Floppy Shoes Apocalypse II,"
"Pilcrow and Dagger," and "Sirens Call."
Boldwood's
characters are often disreputable and not to be trusted. They are
kicked to the curb at every conceivable opportunity. No
responsibility is taken by this author for the dastardly and
sometimes criminal acts committed by this ragtag group of miscreants.
My favorite female horror authors
include a mix of old and new masters. Shirley Jackson’s The
Haunting of Hill House is a masterpiece. Her prose is
magnificent: ‘Hill House, not sane, stood by
itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so
for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls
continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors
were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone
of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.’ Who hasn’t fallen in love with those
chilling words? Mercedes Murdock Yardley’s Loving
You Darkly is otherworldly. Sheer brilliance. Again her prose
takes my breath away. Lisa Morton is another fav of mine.
She’s completely out-of-the-box! I read her story Cognition in
Madhouse and have been hooked ever since. There’s a
character in her story Larue’s Dime Museum whose organs are on the
outside of his body. I read that story well over a year ago. The
disturbing visual still haunts me. Of course, anything Charlaine Harris
writes is always a fun read. I love strong-willed females with
attitude problems. Think Sookie Stackhouse, Rachel Morgan, and Anita
Blake.
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