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Bezig met laden... Guns, Drugs, and Monstersdoor Steve Niles
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When the living, decapitated head of Cal McDonald's old buddy shows up on his doorstep, it launches the monster hunting private eye out of his familiar surroundings and into the nightmarish underworld of Los Angeles. There, Cal must face a savage pair of bestial killers and a bloodthirsty vampire as he strives to help his unfortunate friend. Little does he know that he's stepping into the grips of a demonic deal. Hard-boiled detective tales in the tradition of Chandler and Hammett take a wicked spin in the hands of Steve Niles who in "Guns, Drugs, and Monsters" adds ghosts, ghouls, and a nasty hangover to the classic genre. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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First, a former enemy breaks out of jail seeking revenge, then he finds out an old friend is in serious trouble when that friend's head shows up in the post! Of course, that's nothing compared to the bigger shock, when that same head opens its eyes and starts yelling at Cal for help!
With that, Cal's off to Los Angeles to find the sick freak that did this to his friend, but first he has to deal with werewolves, vampires, and the US Postal Service.
Things get weird, even for Cal's tastes.
What I love about Niles' Cal McDonald stories is how they perfectly blend the hard-boiled detective with the classic monster hunter figure. Cal is a hard fighting, hard drinking, hard living detective with something that draws the weird and supernatural to him. The drinking and the drugs are partly to help him deal with that, so he says. Add to that his closest friends are undead ghouls, and it starts to make sense.
Here we have the second Cal McDonald novel, a welcome follow-up to the first, and a nice step-up on the weirdness factor. Add to that Cal's change of scenery from DC to LA and we see our hero thrown for a loop as he faces all new problems, and some all too familiar. (