Dead men Rise Up Never

A man is killed on the streets of Prosperity City, stabbed through the heart by a unicorn, In the cold light of dawn, the glamour fled, the creature is just a shaggy pony with a tin-plate horn. Detective-Inspector A. Afton Lamont and her not-quite human partner, Jerome, are handed the case and follow the trail to Avalon, a private estate owned by the last son of one of their colony world's founding families. It's also home to a strange community of bohemian artists, plus a controlling AI who can inhabit a variety of bodies. In a tale of deception and illusion, of an idyllic rural paradise underpinned by technology, of dreams made flesh, can Afton and Jerome discover the murderer in a tangle of lies, secrets and outright magic? From Author Jilly Paddock (To Die A Stranger) comes Dead Men Rise Up Never, featuring tales of mystery, magic, technology, and intrigue. Also included is a short tale revealing what these intrepid detectives do after solving a high-profile murder case, which is of course get drunk in a local bar with their colleagues from Forensics. Excitement, danger, and more await in Jilly Paddock's Dead Men Rise Up Never. From Pro Se Productions.

Author: Jilly Paddock

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Jul 16, 2015

Number of Pages: 184 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1515142191

ISBN-13: 9781515142195