If Pigs Could Fly (West Kensington Paranormal Detective Agency) (Volume 1), by Jonny Nexus
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"West Kensington Paranormal Detective Agency. Doctor Ravinder Shah speaking. No case too weird, no problem too bizarre. Strangeness a speciality. How can I help you?"
London Social Worker Rav Shah moonlights as a paranormal detective, aided by one of his clients and a Border Collie he rents by the hour. It was supposed to be a bit of fun: a search for truths out there; a quest for a life more interesting than the one that fate, destiny, and personal apathy had granted him.
But then a case involving a Yorkshire farmer and a herd of flying pigs leads him into a world darker and more dangerous than he’d ever dreamed.
The truth is indeed out there.
And it’s got Rav square in its sights.
If Pigs Could Fly (West Kensington Paranormal Detective Agency) (Volume 1), by Jonny Nexus- Amazon Sales Rank: #5491294 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.50" h x .59" w x 5.50" l, .67 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 236 pages
About the Author
Jonny Nexus is a Brighton based IT guy who moonlights as a writer in his spare time. When not doing that, he spends time with his wife, daughter, and dog; reads; watches TV, films, and the occasional work of theatre; and plays the occasional board game.
Jonny began his writing career by launching the cult gaming webzine Critical Miss (criticalmiss.com), before moving on to write regular columns for the roleplaying magazines Valkyrie and Signs & Portents, as well as penning the Slayer's Guide to Games Masters for Mongoose Publishing.
If Pigs Could Fly is his second novel. His first novel, Game Night, was shortlisted for an ENnie award in 2008.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Another wonderfully funny book By puggimer I loved Game Night when I first read it, and this is as good or even better. With a metric s***load (equal to 2.2 imperial s***loads) of jokes, but also suspense and some true excitement. I eagerly await the next installment of the adventures of Rav, Jess and the professor ( and of course Reese must be there too, and maybe even poor lovesick Alan) I just hope it isn't seven more years until Jonny Nexus' next book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. the terribly normal, self-effacing fellow with few practical skills but ... By Steven J Darlington Nexus brings us another classic British literary hero in the spirit of Bertie Wooster and Arthur Dent: the terribly normal, self-effacing fellow with few practical skills but a clever friend or two, in this case a professor who occasionally interrupts the narrative to go full-Sherlock-Holmes on things, and a sheepdog to handle the rough stuff. The only problem is reconciling the Hugh-Grant-but-Asian lead, Ravinder Shah and his lack of being a super-spy with what becomes a battle against a world-spanning extremely powerful and sinister force and to do so means falling back a little too often on farce, coincidence and outlandish luck, and the result is a see-sawing plot that goes up and down one too many times to be believable. It's a very British problem, really - Ben Elton runs into it in his early novels as well, and Rincewind got a lot more interesting when he had Archchancellor Ridcully or a psychic kangaroo to push him around. The avuncular professor and the dog don't quite carry the can and I wonder if a better idea would be to step away from the high action shenanigans, especially since there's a delightful subplot going on about unlikely lovers which suits very well our hero's actual talent of social work. Likewise, I wanted to know more about Shah's large and complicated Indian family and his history with the professor. Not saying cut the action altogether, but I feel like it could have been more Pride and Prejudice and less "...with Zombies". But the company it is reminiscent of - Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams and Ben Elton - show the quality of the affable, charming prose which gallops the story along nicely, and scratches the edge of the hopeful humanism that self-effacing human comedy does so well. So there's potential here; Nexus is only going to get better as a writer as he smooths out his problems with plot, so you might as well get in on the ground floor before you look silly.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A witty paranormal detective story with a very English feel By Sadhbhzilla This book is an entertaining, witty and imaginative paranormal detective story with a very English feel. Our unfortunate hero, Ravinder Shah, has to deal an increasing insanely absurd plot and a cast of friends and foes that could have stepped out of a Wodehouse book or even one of James Herriott's agricultural offerings. He is armed with just his brains, an absent-minded academic OAP, one unimpressed border collie and the sort of luck that would have even Arthur Dent feeling a bit sorry for him. If you are a fan of Pratchett or Aaronovitch's Rivers Of London series, or just love the dry, self-depreciating humour that the English do so very well, give it a go.
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