Undeath & Taxes

Undeath & Taxes (2015) Drew Hayes (Fred, the Vampire Accountant #2)

The sound cut off immediately, which, in retrospect, should have been my first clue that something was amiss. Children do not cease noise-making so instantaneously, as I have now learned.

“Fred,” Richard called, greeting me from down the hall. He was in Sally’s room, where he’d been almost exclusively since the kidnapping. The giant of a man was squatting down beside a plastic table, fake teacup clutched daintily in his hand and a gleaming plastic tiara perched atop his golden mane of hair.

“What rule are you invoking for that one?” Arch asked.

“Section fifteen, paragraph twelve. It’s the one titled ‘fuck you; it’s happening because I say so.’ Surprised you didn’t know that one, Arch. Most agents invoke it all the time.”

Characters: Fredrick Frankford Fletcher, Krystal Jenkins, Neil, Albert, Bubba Emerson, Amy Wells, Sally Alderson, Richard Alderson, Gideon, Arch, June Windbrook, The Blade of the Unlikely Champion, Charlotte Manor, Asha Patel, Troy Warner, Cliff Puckett, Theodore Price

Cover design by Ashley Ruggirello

REUTS Publications

Rating: 9/10

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