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It’s a little too tidy for my taste, but hopefully, the lingering issues are ones that will come up in the rest of the series. There are a few points in the story where the author tries to ratchet up the tension, but it comes across as low-stakes since this doesn’t feel like the kind of story that’s going to have a tragic ending.īecause it’s a novella, things move fast and the end wraps up into a tidy, happy-but-open-for-a-sequel package. Together with Charon (Hades’ friend/manservant, I think), these two work to solve a series of murders targeting homeless men-which they manage to do, of course. He takes in Ti, a young, homeless man who is struggling with alcoholism (and a myriad of other problems). He isn’t without empathy or emotion but seems to lack a good understanding of other people’s emotions and motivations, which makes him comes off as vaguely on the autism spectrum (I’m not sure if that was the author’s intention, but I connected with it either way). Hades is dour and broody with a soft spot for puppies and homeless people. Much like that premise, this novella walks a fine line between cheesy and satisfying. Note: this is part of the Omnibus, “Open for Business” and is a re-edited and expanded version of the story.Ĭanines, Crosshairs & Corpses: Brandywine Investigations #1 takes place in a world were the gods are not only real but need to find day jobs. He just wants a place to sleep out of the cold wind, but Death finds him in a dirty alley. When he finds himself alone with nowhere to live, he turns to panhandling and to drink, depression slowly killing him. Tiberius Snyder had a good future, until his mother dies and his employer shuts down.

Hades’ nephews and his faithful ferryman, Charon, are determined to find their uncle something to distract him before he expires of brooding misery. WHAT’S A Lord of the Dead to do? Hades’ bride of several thousand years has served him with divorce papers and she doesn’t just want him out of her life, she wants the palace and the dog, too.