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Los Angeles 1953... and Private Detective Hank Kane
doesn’t know what’s hit him. Lying face
down on the same street he was just running down,
he realises he’s been shot.
But instead of the morgue, Hank finds himself in
the Court Of Ghouls, in front of a Vampire judge
and a jury of Ghosts! He’s on trial for cheating
on his last case. His punishment? To get back to
‘life’ and solve the case honestly. Lippy
12 year old Charlie Christian is assigned as his
Apprentice Detective! The question is not “will
they solve the case?” but “will they solve
it honestly?” |
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Hank gets a visit from the ghost of murder victim
Tony Falco, begging for help. Tony, a cat burglar,
had stolen jewels on him when he died and the Court
of Ghouls won’t let Tony into Bandit Heaven
until he returns them. Just one problem though -
no-one found Falco’s body. It’s lost!
Hank thinks that The Grim Reaper might have some
clues. His apprentice, Charlie, is desperate to
solve the case without the help of any ‘dead
guys’, but he disappears! Now The Grim Reaper
and Falco have a body full of loot to find - and
the lost apprentice too! They suffer a crisis of
conscience - the loot or Charlie - which should
they find? |
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by Felix Bogarte
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A corpse seen in 1950s Los Angeles turns up in 2003,
singing on TV! The strangest coincidence - or is
Hank’s old flame haunting him. She was a great
detective who ended
up in Sleuth Heaven - so, why give that up just
to sing? Charlie sees the romantic side of Hank
and wants to throw up! How can they solve cases
with Hank staring at the TV all night? For the first
time, Charlie has to take the calls at Hank’s
office. At last, the Kid can prove his worth and
he resolves to break the case of The Corpse That
Sang. |
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“Help me...please, help me?” A voice identifying
itself only as “The Prisoner” keeps calling
Hank’s phone, pleading for help. Despite being
asked why, the panicking voice just keeps calling.
Charlie introduces Hank to the latest technology
in phone tapping and they listen carefully to the
background noises, searching for clues. They get
worried when they begin to recognise some sounds,
which are too familiar for comfort. This Prisoner
is very, very close to home!! |
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by Felix Bogarte
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The siren from an old-fashioned American police
car is heard echoing around the streets at night.
The sound of screeching tyres, blaring police radio,
1950s jazz music and constant gun fire freak out
the local residents. Needless to say, Charlie gets
the call, “Better get over here, Kid. Looks
like we’ve got something”. But how will
they bring Ghost Car 49 to a halt? And who is at
the wheel?! |
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Hank falls and knocks himself out while chasing
a thief from his office. He’s forgotten to
take his ‘medicine bottle’ with him and
his flesh starts disappearing, revealing his bony
white skeleton underneath. Everybody is talking
about the “well-dressed Skeleton” found
lying in the street. His old-fashioned 1940s clothes
and hat look very strange. The police, after forensic
tests, have the body buried. Is this really the
end of Hank Cane? It will be, unless Charlie can
work out Hank’s secret code in a letter in
his desk drawer, marked ‘ONLY TO BE OPENED
IN AN EMERGENCY’. If this isn’t an emergency,
what is? But, can Charlie handle all the secrets
in the letter? |
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