Althea M. (althea) reviewed Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword on + 774 more book reviews
If you think the idea of mixing the classic detective-genre novel (think Rex Stout, or any other tale where all the broads look like Jessica Rabbit, and a private dicks best friends are his piece and a bottle of liquor stashed in his desk) with classic genre fantasy (dwarves, elves, and enchanted talismans) is just the most brilliant concept youve heard of all week, well, then this might be the book for you.
Falling through a Portal of Oblivion and landing in Al Capones Chicago, a Dwarf Warrior decides to set himself up in practice as a private investigator. Acquiring the requisite babe secretary/receptionist, hes soon approached by not one but two society ladies, and embroiled in a case involving the mob up to his not-so-high-off-the-ground neck. When he realizes that the case also involves a dangerous magical sword that came from his original homeworld, he knows he has to solve it or else this world could be destroyed.
Adequately done, competently written, in a very 1930s-style, I can see where some people would think this book was just hilarious but it wasnt really my cup of tea.
Falling through a Portal of Oblivion and landing in Al Capones Chicago, a Dwarf Warrior decides to set himself up in practice as a private investigator. Acquiring the requisite babe secretary/receptionist, hes soon approached by not one but two society ladies, and embroiled in a case involving the mob up to his not-so-high-off-the-ground neck. When he realizes that the case also involves a dangerous magical sword that came from his original homeworld, he knows he has to solve it or else this world could be destroyed.
Adequately done, competently written, in a very 1930s-style, I can see where some people would think this book was just hilarious but it wasnt really my cup of tea.
