I would like to share a new novel with you called A Troll Walks into a Bar: A Noir Urban Fantasy Novel (Alexander Southerland, P.I. Book 1) by Douglas Lumsden (Author). I received a copy of from the Author and Voracious Readers in exchange for this review. Inside this post is my affiliate links. If you click on the links and make a purchase I will make a small percentage from the items you purchase.
I knew I had to share A Troll Walks into a Bar with David because like Gnomes David loves Trolls. David would walk into a bar everyday if he could. The cover was intriguing and as soon as David begun to read the story he got drawn into the book and couldn’t put the story down. I also read the book and it was okay but not something I would usually read if I hadn’t been wanting to get David to read more.
About the book:
Lumsden’s noirish tale follows a human private investigator, Alexander Southerland, through a world where humans and a whole bunch of other things live side by side. It kicks off with the P.I. being told by a cop – quite sternly – to NOT get involved in a particular case. Of course, Southerland does get involved, and, of course, things go sideways.
About the book:
Hardboiled P.I. Alexander Southerland just wants to enjoy a quiet drink when a 500-pound troll walks into the bar. Next thing he knows, Southerland is navigating his way through rogue cops, a gang war, beautiful nymphs from the ocean depths, a were-rat, the mayor’s corrupt fixer, the sleaziest (and cleverest) gnome in Yerba City, and creatures right out of legend. At the center of it all is a mysterious locked box. Can Southerland discover its explosive secret–and survive long enough to pay his rent on time?
Meet the Author: Douglas Lumsden
My parents raised me right. Any mistakes I made were my own. Hopefully, I learned from them.
I earned a doctorate in medieval European history at the University of California Santa Barbara. Go Gauchos! I taught world history at a couple of colleges before settling into a private college prep high school in Monterey. After I retired, I began to write an urban fantasy series featuring hardboiled private eye Alexander Southerland as he cruises through the mean streets of Yerba City and interacts with trolls, femme fatales, shape-shifters, witches, and corrupt city officials.
I am happily married to my wife, Rita. The two of us can be found most days pounding the pavement in our running shoes. Rita listens to all of my ideas and reads all of my work. Her advice is beyond value. In return, I make her tea. It’s a pretty sweet deal. We have two cats named Cinderella and Prince who are happy to stay indoors. They demand that we tell them how pretty they are.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
