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Dead Serious Case #3 Mr Bruce Reyes by Vawn Cassidy
Crawshank’s Guide to the Recently Departed, Book 3
Tristan Everett was finally getting used to the strangeness that was his life. Being able to see the dead and helping them solve their unfinished business and cross into the light wasn’t so bad after all, especially when he was accompanied by his best friend, dead drag queen Dusty Le Frey. His boyfriend, sexy Scotland Yard detective Danny Hayes, now knew the truth about Tristan’s “gift,” and they were about to move in together officially.
Life was good.
That is until Death—honest to god, Death (aka The Grim Reaper)—pitches up in Tristan’s kitchen with an unusual request: stop Dusty’s ghostly hookup Bruce from crossing into the light, which may result in dire consequences. i.e an accidental apocalypse.
Determined to do the exact opposite, and avoid potentially the end of the world, Tristan and Danny assemble their own ragtag gang of one prickly witch, one snarky psychic private investigator, one living drag queen with an affinity for feathers, and one dead one with an affinity for a deceased rugby player in tiny shorts. Together they must solve a forty-year old cold case, while juggling a dose of the flu, a broken leg, a supernatural storm, and an immortal death deity with the looks and temperament of a sexy but grouchy CEO.
Seriously… what could possibly go wrong?
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Dusty frowns and turns her head to stare at the rain pelting against the window. “Hmm, maybe he was affected by the storm.”
“What do you mean?”
“This storm isn’t natural.” Dusty looks back at me, her lips pursed thoughtfully. “I heard the grown-ups talking about it upstairs. They don’t know what’s causing it either.”
“That’s… worrying.”
Dusty shakes her head. “I don’t know, it’s feels like…”
“Like what?”
“Like we’re waiting, like something big’s coming.” Her eyes go distant for a moment and it’s unusual to see her so pensive. Suddenly she shakes her head and blows out a breath. “Ignore me, you know dramatic is my middle name. I’m sure it’s just some freak of nature. It’ll all blow over soon and everything will go back to normal.”
I continue to stare at her as her words sink in and leave the barest hint of dread sitting in my belly.
“What?” Her eyes narrow at my expression.
“It’s probably nothing.”
“Tris, when has it ever been nothing?”
I release a slow breath. “It’s just I had this strange dream last week. It was just after Mrs Abernathy found Beau and they’d gone into the light.”
“What was the dream?”
“I was at White’s in Mayfair.”
“White’s?” She scoffs. “They’re so stuck up their own pompous arses they’d never let riffraff like us through the door.”
“I know. I’ve never even had an inclination towards somewhere so snooty, but there I was sitting at a fancy table in my pjs and bare feet, and there was this guy.” Dusty’s brows rise slowly and she smirks. “Shut up, it wasn’t like that.” I start coughing again.
“Sorry, honey, are you alright?” Her brow creases in concern.
“I’m okay.” I wave her off while the coughing fit subsides. When I can at last draw in a breath, I try to swallow past the razor blades in my throat.
“Tell me about this guy in your dream.”
“He said his name was Death.”
“What? Like, the Death?” Dusty blinks. “Like the Grim Reaper or whatever?”
“Trust me, there was nothing grim about him,” I reply.
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Go back to where it all began with Crawshank’s Guide to the Recently Departed, Book 1
Tristan Everett had always preferred the company of the dead because they were quiet and didn’t talk back. As a slightly awkward introvert working as a pathologist at the Hackney Public Mortuary suited him just fine. That is, until a freak accident with a rogue ice cube and suddenly he can see ghosts. No longer content to just lie on the table and let him figure out how they died, they’re now peering over his shoulder critiquing his work and confessing their most lascivious sins before skipping off merrily into the afterlife.
Just when he thought his life couldn’t get any weirder, London’s most infamous drag queen, Miz Dusty Le Frey, is wheeled in with a toe tag and she’s not prepared to go quietly into the light. Not only is she furious at the prospect of spending eternity in last season’s gold lamé, she’s determined that he help her solve her murder.
Suddenly Tristan finds himself thrown into a world of sequins and fake eyelashes, and worse still, he may have developed a crush on Scotland Yard’s brand new drool-worthy detective, Inspector Danny Hayes, who’s been assigned to Dusty’s murder. Oh, and the killer now wants him dead too…
All he ever wanted was a simple life but suddenly he’s juggling work, a deliciously sexy detective, a stubborn ghost and a relentless murderer… and things have just gotten dead serious….
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Vawn Cassidy is an MM author living in the UK. She’s often known for her world building skills and sense of humor. She loves to write in different genres and has penned contemporary romance, paranormal mystery/romance and dark historical with a supernatural twist.
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