The Last Living Detective

I was provided an e-copy of The Last Living Detective by Bruce S. Levine for review. 

The cover shown above was found at Goodreads.com. Amazon shows a different cover. The file I received did not have any cover art included. I usually provide the cover for the edition I actually read in the interest of honesty. I liked this one best so there you have it.

This book was so much fun! We have a hard-boiled detective story with lots of action and suspense. The twist is that he lives and works in a world inhabited by mythic monsters as well as humans. How it came to be so is more of a spoiler than I care to share here.

Our detective, Elmer, is a human (aka; Pink) who doggedly continues to ply his trade while surrounded by vampires, werewolves, elves, fairies, ogres, dragons, aliens, even Godzilla. He has the ubiquitous bombshell secretary (Val, who just happens to be a vampire). She won't bite him because she doesn't want to screw up her job. Elmer has to continuously factor in the vagaries of the various monsters he comes into contact with in order to conduct business. 

The story revolves around his search for a missing ring. He comes to discover the ring is considerably more valuable and powerful than he was led to believe.

The Last Living Detective is actually two separate shorter stories starring Elmer and Val. Hopefully it is an ongoing series, these characters are just too much fun. Enjoy!

Mike