Author: Tim Davys
Year: 2007
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Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy
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Those with an appetite for the bizarre will best appreciate the pseudonymous Davys's offbeat debut, set entirely in a town inhabited by living, breathing stuffed animals.
Everyone in Mollisan Town fears the Death List, the legendary roster of residents designated for pickup by the Chauffeurs, from whose red pickup truck no one returns.
When word that mob boss Nicholas Dove (yes, a stuffed bird) has been placed on the list, he coerces Eric Bear into helping him escape his fate. Bear, who's put his shady past behind him and turned to a career in advertising, goes in search of answers.
The backbiting and betrayal would certainly be at home in a conventional hard-boiled crime novel, but some readers may feel the premise's novelty wears thin after a while.
In the words of Brad Meltzer (bestselling author of The Book of Lies), "When you're tired of run-of-the-mill fiction, it's time to read Amberville... a mystery that's completely original."
This book is part of the "Mollisan Town Quartet" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "Tourquai"
First published in 2011
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