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Nature. Murder. Will an unhuman’s clumsy sidekick find courage, love, or a swift end?

Andy Caplet remains jobless and loveless. So when Inspector Hobbes suggests a camping trip to avoid an unwelcome spotlight on his powers, the sidekick rushes to assist. But Andy’s hope for relaxation ends abruptly when he trips over a dead body.

With the Inspector’s attention needed elsewhere, Andy bravely reports the remains and falls hard for the victim’s wealthy widow. When a heinous act threatens the new woman of his dreams, the lovestruck sidekick must become a hero in a hurry.

As the bodies pile up, can Andy’s newfound spine keep him and the Inspector from joining the heap of corpses?

Inspector Hobbes and the Gold Diggers is the third standalone novel in the Unhuman comedy crime fantasy series. If you like supernatural underworlds, madcap capers, and dastardly villains, then you’ll love Wilkie Martin’s fast-paced farce.

Buy Inspector Hobbes and the Gold Diggers to solve a paranormal crime today!

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September 27, 2014
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'Inspector Hobbes is back in his greatest adventure yet' The Book Faerie, Jo Ann Hakola 'This author has become one of my favorites' Koeur's Book Reviews Blog, Anders Mikkelsen 'Hobbes and Andy follow the Hobbes-Watson dynamic' Carol Siewert thebookgator blog, Carol Siewert

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About the Author

Wilkie Martin sets his Unhuman series of novels in the Cotswolds, where he lives with his partner Julia. He introduces readers to a close-knit, small-town community filled with quirky and occasionally dangerous inhabitants, and an ‘unhuman’ policeman who maintains law and order. Wilkie intersperses writing his novel with short stories and funny poems, which he enjoys performing and uploading to YouTube. His stories reflect his love of the enigmatic, with memorable characters and, like many of the latter, he has a taste for curry. He is a qualified scuba instructor and has dived in many places around the world and in the UK. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN : B00O0AG24Y
Publisher : The Witcherley Book Company (September 27, 2014)
Publication date : September 27, 2014
Language : English
File size : 571 KB
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Print length : 293 pages
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Scott Robbins

Each book in this series is better than the last.

Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2017

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These books get better with each addition. There are a few surprises, and we get to learn more about Hobbes' origins. There's no one specific thing that strikes me as better, but the flow of the novel is quicker, Andy's becoming more likeable, and even, on occasion, doing Heroic Things, though often by luck.
I enjoy puns, and, as always, the book is full of them. The slapstick physical comedy still doesn't work well for me on the printed page, though with my somewhat immature sense of humor, I suspect I'd crack up if I were viewing a live version of it.
After i finished the first book, though I liked it, I debated a bit before getting the second one. I liked the second one even more, and this time, got the third one immediately after finishing it. This third book was even better, and I bought the 4th one before finishing the third. These books get better, continue to make me laugh, and I'm liking the characters more and more with each novel.

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The Bluesman

Pretty Good series

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2017

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This particular series is like Port wine - it's an acquired taste. When I bought the first book in the series, I managed to get through the first score or two of pages. I so disliked the chief character Andy Caplet that I almost stopped. Perhaps it's the English thing - - they like milk toast protagonists who come through in a pinch. I really disliked the guy...and still do; however, the rest of the characters are amazing and wonderful, from Inspector Hobbes (apparently a were of some sort) to Mrs. Goodfellow, to the rest of the cast. It's really difficult, however, to get over one's complete contempt for the prime character and so the four stars instead of five. Eehg gads, Mr. Martin, at least give Andy a pretend spine at some point in the series. Yes, I bough them all. They're addicting. They're like Pralines and Cream ice cream or Blanton's bourbon. Neither is good for you, but you enjoy yourself so much it doesn't really matter.

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L. Wilson

What a delightful series!

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2019

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I have truly enjoyed these books about Inspector Hobbes. I feel I know each of the main characters and love them all! I can identify with poor, dear Andy Caplet, always good intentioned and who tries to be good and brave but who always seems to attract catastrophe, failing in some very funny ways. Mrs Goodfellow is still a bit of a mystery, I hope the author will some day tell us more about her and where she learned to cook so well. Inspector Hobbes himself is such a genuine hero and gentleman I liked and respected him right away. All of the other characters were brought to life as well, Featherlight and Billy, Sid and Denny, all the others seem now just like friends I haven’t seen in a while. The mysteries themselves are pretty clever but having Andy’s “help” makes the story so entertaining. I certainly hope to see more of these stories and highly recommend them to anyone who needs to laugh out loud for real while reading.

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Mark or Michelle Potter

Even Better Than The Last

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2017

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While I have enjoyed the whole series so far, Inspector Hobbes and the Gold Diggers is far and away the best so far. With Andy finally becoming less bumbling and learning more about Hobbes the character advancement is simply great.

It feels like the pacing was better but that might be due to a number of factors. I still can't believe I'm enjoying a series from an unknown writer as much as I am. For the money you won't find a better series out there.

That's not to say the writing is without flaws but in some ways those flaws make things that much more believable and the rest comes down to editing. Overall the whole of the Inspector Hobbes series is amusing and the tropes are done well. I'm off to grab the next pretty much straight away.

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Patricia K. Sherwood

Delightfully different

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2018

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I was surprised by the unexpected twist of the main character of the book. I quickly came to enjoy the quirky people and events. A completely different take on the good old fashioned British mystery. There were several laugh out loud moments and I didn't put the book down for very long. My only reason for not giving it 5 stars was because the secondary character was overdone - strictly my own opinion - to the point that by the end of the book I became very frustrated with him. This won't stop me from buying another one by any means.

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Jo-Ellen Sharpe

An Excellent Series

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2019

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All of the Inspector Hobbes books are fun, interesting, and unexpected. The same can be said for most of the characters. In this third book, Andy’s growth as a narrator and a person are especially welcome. I would recommend these books to fans of the Flavia de Luce series, Jasper Fforde’s books, and the Spellmans.

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TwoMetreBill

Strange stories though enjoyable.

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2019

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Very unique writing and story lines. Nothing like any other writer in my experience reading mysteries over 50 years. True "who done it", not suspense. My favorite writers are Grimes and Simenon to give you an idea of my taste. After reading 2, bought them all.

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Customer Cathy

Strange Mysteries

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2019

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Andy and Hobbes are going camping after Hobbes had been videotaped in his other form stopping a bank robbery and is trying to avoid the press. While camping, they find a dead body and decide to investigate. I like the characters and the goofy slapstick of it all.

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daveboyksa

Very good, plenty of humour, great fun.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2019

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This is probably a bizarre statement to make: I don't really know what to make of these stories, unless they are an exercise in silliness and good fun, in which the stories succeed. I have read all three books in the series, and have had many a chuckle, and this story with its Harvest Festival episode in particular was fun and full of laughs. All the characters are larger than life and each has a touch of the surreal about them. Great fun, slightly Tom and Jerry in the way characters bounce back from various incidents. If there is a fourth book published, I will seriously contemplate buying it. Although I read this book with pleasure, I can't quite give it five stars. I think the reason for this is that none of the characters really evolves or develops or even surprises, simply because they all do have slightly cartoon-ish traits.

Desiree

Excellent, super imaginative read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 28, 2021

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As a 72 year old female, you would think me to be the least likely to read, never mind thoroughly enjoy the Inspector Hobbs books. But I do, oh how I do. What is Hobbs? Not entirely human that’s for sure, but what is he exactly ? No one knows., except for strange, very strange. However, along with his equally strange housekeeper, his really odd and varied acquaintances, and even odder perpetrators, we have a rollicking read. Imagine Sir Terry, crossed with the Brothers Grimm, and you may go somewhere towards Hobbs. Go on, try him, I dare you. But be warned, one will not be enough.

Ms Louise Wilford

charming, delightful, funny - a little bit Carry On Cotswolds but with genuine character development and tension

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2016

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The third and possibly the last (?) book in the Inspector Hobbes trilogy, this one sees Hobbes and Andy camping in the Blacker Mountains and encountering nasty upper-class gits, incompetent police officers, pretty and pleasant young women, and an ageing vampire. We learn more about Hobbes's origins and what he is, and more about Andy's dire relationship with his dreadful natural parents. Parenting is a theme here as Hobbes' own daughter turns up on his doorstep! Featherlight Binks plays a bigger role; Andy gets a girlfriend; Andy unwittingly almost ruins a well-organised plan to foil the villains, even though he's only trying to help. Andy's true colours are finally recognised by more of his peers, however, and he ends up not quite the sad klutz he was at the start of the series, while Hobbes's benevolent influence extends over several other characters, improving several lives in his own inimitable way.

I liked Andy as a character, but I really loved Hobbes and I hope Wilkie Martin decides to write more of his adventures, maybe focused on other sidekicks as by the end of this novel Andy's life has improved for the better, though I'm sure he can still be very involved in Hobbes's investigations. These books are charming, delightful, funny reads, inventive and warm-hearted, packed full of entertaining minor characters and set in a suitably silly but strangely authentic-seeming Cotswold environment, a little bit Carry On Cotswolds but with moments of real tension and conflict, and some genuine character development.

Stan

Another fine adventure

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2017

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The third outing for Hobbes and co. Andy is as useless as ever, but excels himself at times. Hobbes is Hobbes (and we find out a bit more about him), Mrs Goodchilds cooking exceeds imagination, some new and some regular characters enliven the scene. Not sure how the mountains, which bear a distinct resemblance to Wales, get so close to the Cotswolds but no matter, a town with a vampire bank manager can always bear a few anomolies. Great read.

Nick Peters

Modern style fairy tale, well written, most enjoyable, a great lighthearted read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2016

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Modern fairy tale - quaint silly fun; a lighthearted and enjoyable read. Book 3 explains what DI Hobbes actually is - it would have been nice to have been offered a more detailed explanation of this character heritage, after all readers have waited 3 books for this information.

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