- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Melrose Books (23 Feb 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1906561303
- ISBN-13: 978-1906561307
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,140,931 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Stoke-On-Trent. What it lacks in grandeur, awe-inspiring scenery, breathtaking culture and complex enticing history, it makes up for in factories and dog-doodoo all over the pavements. But the Union of Crime-fighters Heroes and Allied Trades, headed by the magnanimous Captain Rightwing, has decided to clean up this city. What can go wrong when your home is protected by hordes of bemuscled warriors in cloaks and tight blue lycra? The crime rates are dropping, the wealth is rising… but something is missing, and worst of all nobody is sure what it is. Now it falls upon Cold Turkey, shamed private detective and gentleman of leisure to save the day. Dogged by Police Chief Albert Kraken, hunted by New-Age hitmen and largely hindered by a veritable ensemble of well-meaning allies, talking heads and the mysterious fey-underworld, Cold Turkey will be tested to the very limits of his cognitive ability… and all this before 11 a.m. on a Thursday.
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Samuel James Morris was born near Boston, Massachusetts, in the year 1985 (through no fault of his own). Though he has no memories from his country of birth he suspects that he may have been a professional hitman for the CIA, or possibly, a baby. He was raised in secretive hermitage in the South East of England where, despite everyone's best efforts, he started writing and performing his own material. In 2003 Sam left his rural idyll to study drama at Staffordshire University in Stoke-on-Trent, where he learnt Many Strange Things. Since graduating Sam has put on his first play, 'Citizen Gloom, Savour of the Universe', in 2007, and has been published in 'Philosophy Now' magazine as well as participating in the Royal Court Theatre's Young Writers' Programme. He has been intermittently involved in politics, standing as a candidate twice for the UK Green Party (much to the chagrin of the local authorities who later discovered that at 19 he wasn't legally old enough to stand - despite receiving 20% of the votes) and helping to mastermind the mildly infamous Waste Your Vote campaign of independent mayoral candidate Gary Oliver of Stoke-on-Trent. In 2004 he led a hard-fought and unsuccessful campaign to have the Royal Geographical Society declare him an official Mountain (eventually rejected because of the catastrophic printing costs this would inflict on Ordinance Surveys). He insists that he only maintains political involvement to demonstrate the inherent flaws of a system that lets anyone participate. When not writing Sam dislikes drinking tea, pretending he can play the mandolin and reading more than is probably healthy for a young man.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Rankine meets Spillane meets Marvel in Stoke,
By Mike Capay "Chen Tui" (Cambridgeshire, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cold Turkey and the Case of the Missing Crime (Hardcover)
The more I read of this the more I enjoyed until I found I couldn't put it down. This author has his own style and, whilst influences can be detected, the style is unque and very enjoyable. It's light-hearted and concerns an unlikely hero, a useless private detective named 'Cold Turkey', who assisted by Big Fat Martin, unwittingly fights to save Stoke from domination by the treacherous Mr. Rightwing (of the Union of Crimefighting Super Heroes) after Cold determines to find out how £10 was stolen from his bank account. There are some delightfully bizarre characters, especially India, the Hippy Assassin who has some rather surprising tools of his trade. And you'll find the explanation of how Bank Accounts and Cash Machines work both very odd, plausible and hilarious. My one criticism is that the author's photo is on the inside rear of the dustjacket and if, like me, you use this as a book mark, you may be disturbed by the way his eyes peer out at you as if his strange powers are helping him watch you reading...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hapless Hero Detective Saves the Day!,
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This review is from: Cold Turkey and the Case of the Missing Crime (Hardcover)
I absolutely LOVED this book! What makes a Hero super? What indeed. Very sad to have consumed already- Write another one! If you like hopeless situations, sibling rivalry, conspiracy theories with talking heads Vs vigilantes and curious explanations to the inner workings of a cash machine.. You should really have read this book by now. You'll never pass a gnome so carefree again!
A truely smashing read!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
STOKE:ON TRENT COMES ALIVE,
By HS "GM" (SCOTLAND) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cold Turkey and the Case of the Missing Crime (Hardcover)
An extremely funny book if you enjoy off beat humour. Deserves 5 stars but I gave it four as it needs editing. A good editor could turn this into a bestseller and it would make a hoot of a film. Most I've enjoyed a novel this year and I read a lot. More please.
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