Dan Shamble, Zombie PI - Services Rendered by Kevin J Anderson

Dan Shamble, Zombie PI - Services Rendered by Kevin J Anderson

Author:Kevin J Anderson [Anderson, Kevin J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781614759423
Goodreads: 42445271
Publisher: WordFire Press
Published: 2018-11-15T00:00:00+00:00


Game Night

Chambeaux & Deyer Investigations was not a place for fun and games. As a zombie detective, I take my cases seriously. Some clients might even say dead seriously—and only half of them would be making a stupid joke.

My human partner, Robin Deyer, is a practicing attorney with a heart of gold, determined to see justice for all the monsters who had returned to the world a decade ago. We each had a full caseload to keep ourselves busy: werewolves still got divorced, mad scientists sued each other for patent infringements, ghosts vanished without meeting their financial obligations, mummies still watched their business dealings unravel.

Some cases were dangerous, and that’s how I’d ended up shot dead in an alley after getting too close to an evil criminal mastermind. No one was more surprised than me when I woke up as a zombie, dug myself out of the grave, and got back to work on my cases.

No, we didn’t have time for fun and games—at least not usually.

Sheyenne, my beautiful blond-haired, blue-eyed ghost girlfriend drifted up to me as I stared at a pile of unsolved case folders on my desk. I hoped, without success, for some important clue to jump out at me like an inconvenient cat from the shadows in a low-budget horror movie.

It was long after dark in the Unnatural Quarter, but the dead of night was when the city really started hopping—or crawling or slithering. The nocturnal monsters came out for recreation, to make shopping trips, and just to go to work.

“We’ve all had a rough day, Beaux. We should take a break,” Sheyenne said, putting her intangible hands on the very nice curve of her hips. “And I’ve got just the thing. A new game.” She smiled, and I smiled back at her in an instinctive response.

I gave her my best interested leer. “Is it a private adult game, just between the two of us?” Since I was a zombie and she was a ghost, our romantic life posed certain challenges, but we knew how to make the best of things.

Giggling, Sheyenne shook her head. “No, it’s a high-end board game that was released before the Big Uneasy.”

“Back when people had time to play games,” I said wistfully. “I was pretty good at Go Fish, and I know McGoo was learning how to play checkers, but the strategy keeps eluding him.”

“Speaking of Officer McGoohan,” Sheyenne said, “I called him, and he’s coming over. Our game night is set, whether or not you want to play.”

I looked down at the folders on my desk. “The cases don’t solve themselves, but I’m not doing a very good job at it right now. Maybe some downtime will help.”

I was feeling discouraged because I’d disappointed a client today. An ogre with a big heart and a gentle soul had lost his beloved pet lab rat named Mickey. I’d put up “Lost Rat” signs all over the Quarter and pursued many leads, until I discovered that Mickey had been taken to the animal shelter.



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