Can comic book editor Dave save more kids before he’s caught?
His young readers are using his stories to kill abusive adults. Dave just wants to chew his liquorice pipe, plot evil and find a nice fur coat to date.
As he navigates the crazy publishing world of 1970s London, insulting and offending as many people as he can, and lusting after beautiful but foul-mouthed editor Joy, Dave is happy being a villain. But then his femme fatale mother starts nagging him to solve her murder. Yes, she’s dead, but is she really a figment of his imagination? Then another ghost from his past further threatens his grip on reality – but this childhood Nemesis is all-too real, and Dave’s got the scars to prove it.
Is Dave victim, villain … or vigilante? The 1970s are a dangerous time for kids. But with Dave at work, it’s a more dangerous time for the adults who harm them.
Dave thinks he’s under the radar, but as the body count rises, he now finds that he’s in the firing line.
Serial Killer is the first book in the Read Em And Weep Dark Comedy thriller series and features murder mystery, hilarious action, a fur-obsessed man-child and a kick-ass heroine. If you liked savagely funny novels Catch-22, The Life And Loves Of A She Devil, High Fidelity, and Fight Club, you’ll love Serial Killer!
Pick up Serial Killer to plunge into this thrilling comedy today!
"Just finished this twisted, very funny novel - 1st in a series by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill."
Ian Rankin, Inspector Rebus series
From Pat Mills, Godfather of British comics and creator of 2000AD, and Kevin O’Neill, award-winning artist-creator of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, comes a story of revenge for a lost childhood, of flawed and eccentric characters, strange passions, and arrested development.
Serial Killer is the first book in a series of four novels about Dave Maudling and contains serious cliffhangers!
“Dave? ah god I can't help myself, I think I'm in love with the fur-lovin' freak!”
An Amazon reviewer.
"Fans of Gene Hunt in the BBC's Life On Mars will dig the retro reminders of this sordid, sexist and yet somehow glorious decade – although be warned, you may not ever look at your childhood comics in the same way again. Savagely affectionate, written with the confident ease of a career storyteller, and very funny, just like 2000AD at its best."
Professor Will Brooker, Film and Cultural Studies, Kingston University, Author
Forever Stardust: David Bowie Across The Universe
"The smells, banter, prejudice and fear are authentic and bloody funny, as the post-war consensus is eclipsed by something far darker, restless and tearing at the bit to be born. I actually rocked with laughter this morning. Can’t wait to read the next instalment and I’ll be recommending it to everyone I know."
Tariq Goddard, Author
Nature and Necessity
"This is a book with teeth, it will flick you in the balls with a towel and get off with your girlfriend behind your back. It is full of nuanced speech and setting, full of energy and cunning and most of all you will devour it and ask where the next serving is coming from."
Antony Esmond, Reviewer
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