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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Great Deal, Great Ride, February 5, 2003
I admit it, I sort-of dreaded sitting down and reading a novel on my computer screen. Please don't let this keep you from reading this book. It's as fine as anything I've read in the past several years. The author, who is a very fine reviewer in her own right, really shows that she can spin a captivating, energetic, and above all fun story herself. There are elements of science fiction, mystery, horror, thriller, and comedy all intermixed in this thoroughly entertaining ride. The unexpected twists are worth the price of admission alone. The book itself would make a great movie, and it's got to be one of the greatest bargains available. If you have the slightest interest in science fiction or mystery, you owe it to yourself to grab this book while you still can.
I only have one question, Lisa, when is the sequel coming?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Don't miss the fun..., January 15, 2002
This novel is an armchair-clenching ride. The author combines many of the elements of fantasy, horror, mystery and science fiction into a story that will make you shake your head in wonder, bring a smile to your lips, put a chuckle in your throat and bubble up a laugh from your belly. It's hard to imagine she can do this during a story of murder, serial killing and organ farms. But she does. Our tough-talking gumshoe, Philip Lew, is a fountain of wise-cracks, noxious asides and subtle innuendo -- and he keeps the reader distracted from the horrors he uncovers.It only took me a few chapters to realize that the novel was an adventure, a puzzle, a snide distraction from the weather, all manner of fun which is sorely missing from many of the titles I read. Grab a copy; you won't find the novel's like anywhere.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Noir in Space, February 25, 2004
Philly is a typical P.I. type (security consultant) who has retreated far, far from mother Earth. He buys bachelor food-frozen pizza-while flirting with Gina, the cashier at the convenience store. And, at the request of his obsessed neighbor, Percy, he tries to find out who is turning some of the Hades residents into zombies. Against their will. Because plenty are willing to become zombies-after they're dead. Payment is rendered in advance and gives them a comfortable stretch before their not-so-permanent departure from this plane. But when the zombie gangs get you, you don't get paid and you get taken well before you're ready to go.Then, when Percy gets arrested for breaking into computer files, Philly starts to dig deeper in the case, revealing the darkest side of this darker society. Author Lisa DuMond has hit the hardboiled nerve peg on, a talent for tone that she combines with her science fiction and horror inclinations, resulting in a novel that's both fun and a real whodunit puzzle book. DuMond is wickedly, but wryly funny, yet keeps the thriller angle coming on strong. A sci fi horror mystery with overtones of romance, Darkers crosses all the genres but remains accessible to fans of each category of fiction. This is an entertaining story that carefully details a really weird type of place, as a sort of social satire. But the story and its crime tale twists are never left behind, since DuMond vigilantly maintains her focus on the plot-as a mystery author most properly should.
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