title: Hair Raising (Dan Shamble Zombie P. I.)
author:  Kevin J. Anderson 
description: *Starred Review* The first three Dan Chambeaux novels appeared in rapid succession in 2012 (Death Warmed Over, Stakeout at the Vampire Circus, and Unnatural Acts). Now heres the fourth book featuring the zombie private eye whos better known by his moniker, Shamble. Ever since the Big Uneasy, humans have been getting used to sharing the world with all manner of once-mythological creatures, and Dan, being one of the walking dead (the first book in the series saw him solving his own murder), catches a lot of seriously odd cases. Like this one: someone is scalping werewolves. Is it some weirdo with a follicle fixation, or do the scalpings signal trouble between the two werewolf factions (full-time lycanthropes and those who get furry once a month)? As usual, Dan is also juggling a variety of other cases: a murdered vampire; a fellow zombie who wants his (mortal) ex-wife to give him visitation rights so he can see his son; a bodybuilderand not the kind who lifts weightswho purchased a defective spleen from an online vendor. The Shamble stories are comedies, obviously, and very good ones, too. The characters are weird and wonderful; the environment is carefully constructed (it makes its own kind of logical sense); and there are plenty of high jinks (a werewolf expert named Walter Zevon, named, presumably, for the musician Warren Zevon, one of whose hits is highly relevant here). Fans of humorously handled urban fantasies, mysteries, and horror stories wont stop laughing until long after theyve finished the book. --David Pitt
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  UNNATURAL PRAISE FOR DAN SHAMBLE, ZOMBIE P.I. . . .
  
  
  “The Dan Shamble books are great fun.”
  
  
  —Simon R. Green
  
  
  “Sharp and funny; this zombie detective rocks!”
  
  
  —Patricia Briggs
  
  
  “A dead detective, a wimpy vampire, and other interesting characters from the
  supernatural side of the street make Death Warmed Over an unpredictable walk
  on the weird side. Prepare to be entertained.”
  
  
  —Charlaine Harris
  
  
  “A darkly funny, wonderfully original detective tale.”
  
  
  —Kelley Armstrong
  
  
  “Master storyteller Kevin J. Anderson’s Death Warmed Over is wickedly funny,
  deviously twisted and enormously satisfying. This is a big juicy bite of
  zombie goodness. Two decaying thumbs up!”
  
  
  —Jonathan Maberry
  
  
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