Book Review: “Horn Dogs”

I’m a big fan of the Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. series, so when I got a review request for the two latest books in the collection, you know I couldn’t turn it down. All opinions stated here are my own. ( You can catch my review of Stiffs & Stones on Friday, January 10th, 2025.)

Other titles I’ve reviewed in the Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. Series

• Bats in the Belfry & Heart of Clay: https://writingtoberead.com/2023/12/29/book-review-bats-in-the-belfry-heart-of-clay/
• Zomnibus: https://writingtoberead.com/2018/07/27/zomnibus-two-zombie-detective-novels-in-one-book/
• Double Booked & Bump in the Night: https://writingtoberead.com/2022/07/22/book-reviews-double-booked-bump-in-the-night/

About Horn Dogs

Dan Shamble’s most pointed case, with murdered unicorns,frog princes, corporate fairy godmothers, and lagoon creatures, all looking for a fairy-tale ending in the gritty streets of the Unnatural Quarter.

My Review of Horn Dogs

I requested a digital review copy of Horn Dogs, from author Kevin J. Anderson’s Reader’s Group. All opinions stated here are my own.

Everyone wants a happily ever after, and Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. is determined to make it happen.

The unnatural characters and their crazy antics in the Unnatural Quarter after the Big Uneasy, are what keep me coming back to the Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. series, and Horn Dogs is no exception. In addition to all my favorite characters, such as Dan Shamble and his ghost girlfriend Shyenne, his human partner Robin, his vampire half-daughter, Alvina, and his best human friend Officer McGoo, this volume brings us frog demons, evil wizards, fairy godmothers, and unicorns and their pet horn dogs spreading magic and warm fuzzies throughout the Unnatural Quarter.

When Prince Dirk is changed into a frog by the evil wizard, Oorgak, he falls in love with a frog demon, RRita, heiress to the successful local pool service in the Unnatural Quarter. But Oorgak had an epiphany after seeing a unicorn, and reversed all of his previous evil deeds, and now the happy couple isn’t happy, especially when their illegitamate tadpoles are held hostage by the swamp monsters who own the new swamp water park.

And when someone dognaps all the unidogs, and unicorns are being murdered, the Secret Society of Horn Brothers and Horn Sisters must come out of hiding to employ Dan Shamble’s services, too. Can this zaney zombie P.I. save the unidogs and tadpoles, and reunite the unhappy couple, giving everyone the happily ever after that they’re looking for? You’ll have to read Horn Dogs to find out.

A fun and silly read, I give Horn Dogs five quills.

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