Here is a new development. We have just published our very first mystery novel. Which is also a comic novel. Which is also kind of a sad novel. Which is also about a man, a woman, and a giant imaginary white rabbit …who's a trained assassin.
It's called Dangerous Rabbits (In Albuquerque) and it's by T.J. Wise. And believe it or not, it all actually makes sense.
That's no small feat given the subject matter.
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Dangerous Rabbits tells the story of Sewell Arthur Maxwell and his best friend Sam, and their encounter with the beautiful star of a "reality" TV program about detectives. Sewell seems like an ordinary albeit down-and-out resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Sam…well, Sam is his "imaginary friend."
He's not, he assures the reader, "really" crazy, just a little odd. And besides, he says, "… think about the number of guys who play Fantasy Football. They've got whole damn teams of imaginary friends. I've just got Sam…So, in terms of numbers alone, I'm actually doing pretty good."
Sam and Sewell happen to meet the lovely, talented, and tough Veronica Eisenfist, who is supposed to be a detective. Actually, she's the star of a reality TV program in which she and two other "detectives" hunt down various minor offenders.
I'll spare you how she comes to meet Sewell. Suffice to say that it involves a case of mistaken identity …and a stun gun. (In fact, we'll be posting chapter 3 in a moment. So you'll be able to see the whole thing in glorious color.)
Anyway, Sewell and Sam are witty and funny, and Sewell's attempts to woo the TV detective are appropriately clumsy. At first it seems there's no more to the book than that…a tale as fluffy as Sam the rabbit's backside, and just as immaterial.
But then…things change. And not for the better. First, there's a murder. Maybe more than one.
Second…we learn a little more about Sewell. To be precise, we learn that his history is horrific. It begins with a childhood crowded with abuse and neglect, and then goes down (if such a thing is possible) from there.
Yet, through it all, as he struggles to deal with corruption and murder (and assist his lady-friend, however indifferent she is to his attempts at help), he maintains a kind of honor. Indeed, even in his wounded madness, he is an old-fashioned gentleman, trying to make his way in a world that has no use for gentlemen or honor … and still less, for innocence.
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So, give Sewell and Sam a read. You may find the two of them amusing. Sad, sometimes, but always witty, brave, and true. There's something endearing in those characteristics.
In other words, Sewell may be mad as a March Hare, but maybe that's just the sort of fine madness this sad old world needs. Or, as Sam might say, let's seek a moral victory though…Hare Power.
(Sorry. Just couldn't help myself.0
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On that note, check out chapter Three of Dangerous Rabbits (In Albuquerque), by T.J. Wise. It will be in the posting above.
Or, just go to Amazon and see the whole book. It is here: http://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Rabbits-In-Albuquerque-ebook/dp/B00FPXQZZ6/
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