SFF

Hair-Raising

by Kevin J. Anderson
Kensington. (Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I., Bk. 3). 2013. 288p. ISBN 9780758277381. pap. $15. FANTASY
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Although better known for his sf novels, Anderson has written a third book featuring zombie PI Dan Chambeaux (Death Warmed Over; Unnatural Acts), righter of wrongs for the inhabitants of the Unnatural Quarter. As usual, Dan takes on several cases at once, including money skimming at a cockatrice fighting ring, a mad scientist with a customer-service claim against a spare body parts emporium, a custody battle between a zombie and his ex, and a spate of scalpings that raises tensions between two werewolf factions.
VERDICT Crossing a soft-boiled PI story with the popular zombie horror subgenre results in a tale that is more goofy than scary. The adventures are light and fun, but Anderson shows an overreliance on jokes that are older than the mummies walking the streets of the quarter.
Reviewed by Megan McArdle , Jul 01, 2013
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