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DCI Judas Iscariot
(2021)(A book in the DCI Judas Iscariot and the Black Museum series)
A collection of stories by Martin Davey
Two of DCI Judas Iscariot's most intriguing tales in one book!
Story 1: The Curious Case of Cat Tabby: Resurrection. Revenge. Real Estate.
DCI Judas Iscariot of Scotland Yard’s occult division ‘The Black Museum’ is between cases. Or rather, he was. Cat Tabby - magical, mysterious and mischievous, has just paid him a visit. The infamous feline has sniffed out some trouble in the East End, and wants to do his civic duty by reporting the crime to the only man in a position to stop paranormal perpetrators.
The victim is Jack The Ripper, but who are the women responsible for his apparent demise? And why has a cat known for consorting with the shadier elements of the capital’s underworld decided to risk one of his nine lives by turning snitch?Judas returns to London’s streets to investigate, and swiftly discovers that there’s more to the crime than meets the cat’s eye. He finds himself stuck between the city’s former streetwalkers and the man responsible for keeping those same streets clean – a certain Mr Richard Whittington, currently installed as London’s Mayor. It’s not long before he starts wishing he’d bought reinforcements.
Story 2: Oliver Twisted
Christmas is coming to Victorian London’s most notorious slum, the Rookeries of St Giles. And as the snow falls, the bloody body count rises. A demonic serial killer stalks the streets, and nobody is safe. Judas Iscariot, renowned thief-taker and scourge of London’s dark and dangerous underworld, has been engaged by a mysterious old businessman turned guardian angel, who wishes to keep a promising young writer called Charles Dickens safe, as he roams the streets looking for inspiration for his novels. But Judas is not the only one watching Dickens closely. Murderers, ferocious beasts, and the rest of the worst that the underworld has to offer want his head, or his soul – depending on who gets there first. A mouth-watering mashup of some of literature’s best-known characters, Oliver Twisted is a festive tale like no other, featuring the world’s most unusual investigator.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Story 1: The Curious Case of Cat Tabby: Resurrection. Revenge. Real Estate.
DCI Judas Iscariot of Scotland Yard’s occult division ‘The Black Museum’ is between cases. Or rather, he was. Cat Tabby - magical, mysterious and mischievous, has just paid him a visit. The infamous feline has sniffed out some trouble in the East End, and wants to do his civic duty by reporting the crime to the only man in a position to stop paranormal perpetrators.
The victim is Jack The Ripper, but who are the women responsible for his apparent demise? And why has a cat known for consorting with the shadier elements of the capital’s underworld decided to risk one of his nine lives by turning snitch?Judas returns to London’s streets to investigate, and swiftly discovers that there’s more to the crime than meets the cat’s eye. He finds himself stuck between the city’s former streetwalkers and the man responsible for keeping those same streets clean – a certain Mr Richard Whittington, currently installed as London’s Mayor. It’s not long before he starts wishing he’d bought reinforcements.
Story 2: Oliver Twisted
Christmas is coming to Victorian London’s most notorious slum, the Rookeries of St Giles. And as the snow falls, the bloody body count rises. A demonic serial killer stalks the streets, and nobody is safe. Judas Iscariot, renowned thief-taker and scourge of London’s dark and dangerous underworld, has been engaged by a mysterious old businessman turned guardian angel, who wishes to keep a promising young writer called Charles Dickens safe, as he roams the streets looking for inspiration for his novels. But Judas is not the only one watching Dickens closely. Murderers, ferocious beasts, and the rest of the worst that the underworld has to offer want his head, or his soul – depending on who gets there first. A mouth-watering mashup of some of literature’s best-known characters, Oliver Twisted is a festive tale like no other, featuring the world’s most unusual investigator.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
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