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OverLondon
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Brendan McDonald
About this listen
A rollicking comic-fantasy whodunnit with a Tudor twist!
Priests from OverLondon's Church of Vengeful Acquisition are exploding. Is the cause divine retribution, ballistic undergarments, or something more sinister? If only the city had a professional private investigator…
Luckily, notorious pirate-turned-privateer Captain Alex Reign has just narrowly escaped the hangman’s noose to establish the Reign Agency in Drury Lane. She needs cash fast and will take any job, even if failure means facing an inconveniently messy end. But what's a little danger to a professional swashbuckler?
Armed with nothing but her roguish wit, her reliably unreliable crew, and a rogue artificer experiencing a mortal crisis, Alex is convinced they'll have this crime solved and the reward pocketed by teatime.
To solve their first case, all they must do is survive while navigating rampaging nuns, clockwork horrors, confectionary gangsters, piratical florists, malevolent urchins, military-grade statuary, weaponized blasphemy, and sexual whales. How hard can it possibly be?
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Critic reviews
"A delightful romp, chock-full of wonderfully bonkers ideas.” (C. K. [Caimh] McDonnell, best-selling author of the Stranger Times and Bunny McGarry series)
"If Spike Milligan and Terry Pratchett had ever got round to a collaboration, it might read like OverLondon.” (Heide Goody, best-selling author of the Sam Applewhite and Oddjobs series)
“The most fun you can have in the safety of a book. A rollicking good read!” (Kaaron Warren, multi-award-winning science fiction and horror author)
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- Amazonian
- 11-01-25
When is the next one out?
Fantastic story, innovative, clever, fresh and hilarious. Performed brilliantly and I was unable to put it down. More, more, more!
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- Bob Patterson
- 08-02-25
My first fantasy book
I'll be honest: I'm knocking on a bit and I've probably read 000s of books in the 75+ years I've been around. In recent years I've also discovered the joy of audiobooks and I've listened to more than a few of them by now. I have to say that OverLondon is the first real fantasy book I've read or listened to and what a thoroughly enjoyable experience it was.
It was actually the narrator, Brendan McDonald, that brought me to the book. I was searching for something new to listen to and spotted his name in the description of the "OverLondon" book. I've listened to all "The Stranger Times" series by C. K. McDonnell and have been completely entertained by every single one of them, especially the narration, which for me is the icing on the cake for all of them.
Same with "OverLondon". The story is fantastic, in the real sense of the word. There are some real laugh-out-loud moments and plenty of delicious imagination-bending moments. The characters, even the villains, are unforgettable and the way the story develops is, for me anyway, unique. And there's a proper ending with a delicious hint at book 2!
Add in Brendan McDonald and there it is, the perfect audiobook.
More please, and then some more!
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- Joanne
- 05-10-24
Brilliant
This is the start of an amazing series. I can’t wait to read the next book. The narrator is,as always, superb and fits the story and characters like a glove. Fans of CK McDonnell will love this.
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- Jr
- 22-06-24
A fabulous listen for all Pratchett fans!
Great listening , entertaining twisty plot and laugh out loud funny. Miss it or you miss out!
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- Matthew Hickey
- 03-12-24
Great listen
Love the narration by Brendan, and the story is a great peek into a world I'd love to see more of.
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