AN ANDREW MAYHEM THRILLER "Sometimes you wake up in the morning and you just know it's going to be the kind of day where you end up tied to a chair in a filthy garage while a pair of tooth-deprived lunatics torment you with a chainsaw. So as I struggled against the ropes, I can't say I was all that surprised." Yes, Andrew Mayhem, hero of the bestselling comedy/thriller Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary) is back. Still incredibly brave. Still ridiculously irresponsible. And this time, becoming chainsaw fodder is one of his lesser worries. He's forced to pose as a serial killer known as The Headhunter in order to infiltrate a group of maniacs who've gathered in an isolated Alaskan mansion for a weekend of murderous games. Can he free the potential victims in time...or will he be forced to participate in their demise? Even more twisted than its predecessor, Single White Psychopath Seeks Same is another outrageous blend of the hilarious and the horrifying, one that will keep you laughing, gasping, and guessing from beginning to end.
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Trying to synopsize one of Mr. Strand's incredible works is rather like trying to stuff a full-grown elephant into a bag small enough to be carry-on luggage--it just isn't possible. A seriously hilarious read. Five stars. -- Scribe's World
Five stars. Manages to be both hilariously funny and wildly scary at the same time...full of great one-liners...if you like your heroes slightly bumbling and your chills laced with acerbic humor, you'll love this. --Sime-Gen Reviews (Nominee for Reader's Choice Awards)
Reading an Andrew Mayhem novel is sort of like being in the Alien Encounter attraction at Disney World -- you know the scary monster is going to pop out and drip blood on you sooner or later, and when it does, you shriek with laughter tinged with hysteria. While reading Jeff's newest book, Single White Psychopath Seeks Same, I often found myself shrieking, chortling, and downright giggling. SWP Seeks Same is a highly entertaining book. Andrew Mayhem's narration wrenches laughs out of you even when he's faced with death and destruction. You root for him to win -- at any cost. In my opinion, Jeff Strand has to be one of the most original authors in the world today. His subgenre is comic horror -- and he is the master. -- Monette Michaels, author of Fatal Vision and Death Benefits.
--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.
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Jeff Strand was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but moved to Fairbanks, Alaska when he was six months old, so his memories of Baltimore are hazy. He grew up in the cold, where he desperately wanted to be a cartoonist. Then he wanted to make video games. Then he wanted to write movies. Actually, he still wants to do all of those things, but for now he's quite happy writing lots of demented novels.
He was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in 2006, 2008, and 2010. His novel PRESSURE has been optioned for film; he's hoping the movie will be made soon so he can scream "My baby! What have you done to my precious baby?!?"
His novels are usually classified as horror, but they're really all over the place, from comedies to thrillers to drama to, yes, even a fairy tale (FANGBOY).
Because he doesn't do cold weather anymore, he lives in Tampa, Florida with his wife and two cats,
He was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in 2006, 2008, and 2010. His novel PRESSURE has been optioned for film; he's hoping the movie will be made soon so he can scream "My baby! What have you done to my precious baby?!?"
His novels are usually classified as horror, but they're really all over the place, from comedies to thrillers to drama to, yes, even a fairy tale (FANGBOY).
Because he doesn't do cold weather anymore, he lives in Tampa, Florida with his wife and two cats,
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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The Return of Andrew Mayhem,
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This review is from: Single White Psychopath Seeks Same (Hardcover)
Everyone's favorite and most hapless PI, Andrew Mayhem, returns in Single White Psychopath Seeks Same, a sequel to Strand's earlier work, Graverobbers Wanted: No Experience Necessary. SWPSS contains everything Graverobbers had but more of it -- more laughs, more frights, some particularly nasty dart weapons and more blood than the Overlook Hotel. Strand's dialogue remains as excellent as ever and keeps you turning the page even as Mayhem finds himself in one seemingly dead-end scenario after another (with an emphasis on "dead"). A must-read for anyone who loves good writing or who plans on being buried alive anytime soon.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Even better than the first (but read it first),
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This review is from: Single White Psychopath Seeks Same (Adventures of Andrew Mayhem) (Paperback)
The second entry in author Jeff Strand's highly popular humorous horror series from Mundania Press starring Andrew Mayhem, Single White Psychopath Seeks Same, takes up Andrew's adventures eighteen months following the events of Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary), with his agreeing to do another favor for another strange woman he meets in the local coffee shop (will he never learn?). Word has gotten around about his exploits, which led to the previous book, which, in turn, made him rich and famous (the former of which was quickly turned around by a bad investment strategy), so $600 for playing bodyguard for a night sounds pretty good (at least when compared to getting a real job).After his ineptness makes that career path moot, and while trying to improve his marriage with a little parking-lot nostalgia, Andrew and his wife Helen find themselves face-to-face with a serial killer known as The Headhunter and his scimitar. During the struggle, Helen shows herself to be quite a hand with a car jack. The Headhunter's eventual defeat brings Andrew in contact with Craig Burgin, whose wife is missing. He wants Andrew to accompany the private detective hired to pose as The Headhunter to New York. When Andrew bring Roger along for the trip, Roger gets to play hostage when a last minute mix-up forces Andrew to pretend to be The Headhunter. Things really get going when Andrew and Roger arrive at the Alaskan mansion of Daniel Rankin, independently wealthy homicidal maniac and entertainer. Rankin's home has been designed as a hedonistic center of slaughter, where he and his friends can kill with impunity, and Andrew is expected to join the fun -- unless he wants to be part of the show. Andrew Mayhem gets to be quite a bit more heroic, and somewhat less bumbling, in this one. Single White Psychopath Seeks Same is slightly less funny, but considerably more horrific than Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary). The tension is always high, as Andrew is determined to save the hostages even while he is trying to stay on the good sides of a group of bloodthirsty pleasure-seekers. I think it's actually a better novel all around. I can see why it took Strand three years to follow the first Mayhem book with this one. There is an amazing amount of detailed planning and imagination present in Single White Psychopath Seeks Same, most of it involving the setup at Rankin's house -- if you can call a structure that has forty-eight bedrooms and is surrounded by a twenty-foot-high electrified fence a "house." Everything from a gladiator arena to a theme park is present here, and each one is described to the last detail, even the ones that are not yet complete (an extra bit of inspiration). While I was reading, I really believed that such a place could possibly exist. On the negative side, some of the situations were less believable than others, and the choice to shift to Roger's POV occasionally breaks up the flow and doesn't offer much of interest, but these are minor complaints of a book that I read in a single twenty-four-hour period. Now I just have to get my hands on a copy of the third volume, Casket For Sale (Used Only Once) -- I guess fans balked at the lack of parentheses in the second book's title -- and hope that Strand continues to write more books about this incredibly likeable and surprisingly relatable character.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Recent Rave Reviews,
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This review is from: Single White Psychopath Seeks Same (Hardcover)
"Strand performs an incredible balancing act between humor and horror. Belly laughs are followed by stomach-churning terror, frequently on the same page."--Cemetery Dance "Trying to synopsize one of Mr. Strand's incredible works is rather like trying to stuff a full-grown elephant into a bag small enough to be carry-on luggage--it just isn't possible. A seriously hilarious read. Five stars." "Five stars. Manages to be both hilariously funny and wildly scary at the same time...full of great one-liners...if you like your heroes slightly bumbling and your chills laced with acerbic humor, you'll love this." "Yes, Jeff Strand has created another sick book with his famous warped sense of humor! Even better than the first! Don't miss it!" "I wonder about the author's sanity. Jeff Strand is a brilliant writer with a very active and unordinary imagination. Makes you cringe on one page and has you laughing on the next."
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