Savannah Paranormal Detective Agency
This story was available for free via the authors substack and newsletter. I have had the first book in his Fallen series for a while but had not got around to reading it yet. I have been aware of Patrick and his writing for a little while. But this short story was the first of his works I have actually read. He released this as a free Halloween short story. I was intrigued by the cover, the title and the description:
“What happens when a man escapes a Haitian vodou ritual and meets a ghost only to be mistaken for being a zombie by an overeager vampire? You get the ghost and “zombie” drafted in the vampire’s effort to make a paranormal detective agency! Debra the vampire wants a profitable business, Fred the ghost needs to move on to the next world, while Max “the zombie” is desperate to return home in this humorous misadventure in a hidden side of Savannah, Georgia, filled with monsters, magic, and more.”
This is a really fun story. Readers will be hooked right from the beginning. And the story has more than a few surprising twists. None more so than at the climax of the story, and to be honest it will leave you desperate to find out what happens next. I can only hope there will be a continuation of this story so we can find out. I found myself thinking about this story several times over the next few days after reading it. And I have recommended it to a few friends.
Debra is so over the top, we cannot help but feel she gets what she deserves in the penultimate chapter of the story. Fred is a ghost just trying to find a way to heaven living a strange purgatory here on earth. The fact that Debora and Max can see him and interact with him gives him the first hope he has had in year. And Max is just trying to figure out how to get his life back and is pretty certain he is now a zombie or any other form of undead. He just has no money, no id and no opportunities. SO he is stuck between a hard place, and a Vampire with grandiose plans and a ghost as his support and back up for the vampire’s hare-brained plans.
This is a laugh out loud funny story. It reminds me a lot of some of the works of Tom Holt and Robert Asprin. It is a wonderful story and you really cannot beat the price. I can easily recommend this entertaining story. Join the trio as they travel from crypt to restaurant to Bed & Breakfast and beyond trying to establish their agency.
Note: This book is part of a series of reviews: 2024 Catholic Reading Plan!
Books by Patrick Abbott:
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The Fallen Series:
Fallen
Risen
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