Barney Thomson just attracts serial killers. After surviving mass murder
at a monastery in THE BARBER SURGEONS HAIRSHIRT, the barber with bad luck
stumbles upon a group of murderous maniacs trying to rein in their addiction by
joining murderers anonymous. Thing is - not all of these violently inclined
individuals have been caught and soon enough a secluded retreat that was meant
to hint at romance in the air and redemption turns to spoilt meat and relapse.
I don't know how Douglas Lindsay does it, but every time I read a Barney
Thomson book the dialogue and healthy dose of satire just gets better and
better. Even with the expanded cast in Mulholland and Proudfoot (and her
fictitious addiction, Jade Weapon), both police officers who have aligned their
lives to the Barney Thomson phenomenon, Lindsay manages to keep the dialogue
fresh and unique to the characters without sounding like carbon copies of one
another.
Witt and humour are key to these books, however in MURDERERS ANONYMOUS,
it's a shocking turn of events and a sequence so bloody and cannibalistic that
horror fans may cringe that seals the deal. The third instalment shows no signs
of the series slowing down, if anything, Lindsay appears to be gearing up for
more high octane laughs and comedic accident murder.
My review of THE BARBER SURGEONS HAIRSHIRT (book #2), can be found HERE
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