The Wrong Dead Guy

By: Richard Kadrey

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

In this fast paced sequel to The Everything Box—the second entry in New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey’s comedic supernatural series—chaos ensues when Coop and the team at DOPS steal a not-quite-dead and very lovesick ancient Egyptian mummy wielding some terrifying magic.

Coop, a master thief sort of gone legit, saved the world from an ancient doomsday device—heroism that earned him a gig working for the Department of Peculiar Science, a fearsome top secret government agency that polices the odd and strange. Now Woolrich, Coop’s boss at the DOPS, has Coop breaking into a traveling antiquities show to steal a sarcophagus containing the mummy of a powerful Egyptian wizard named Harkhuf. With the help of his pals Morty, Giselle, and a professor that’s half-cat, half-robotic octopus, Coop pulls off the heist without a hitch.

It’s not Coop’s fault that when DOPS opened the sarcophagus they didn’t find the mummy they were expecting. Well, it was the right mummy, but it wasn’t exactly dead—and now it’s escaped, using a type of magic the organization hasn’t encountered before. Being a boss, Woolrich blames his underling for the screw up and wants Coop to find the missing Harkhuf and make it right, pronto.

Digging into Harkhuf’s history, Coop thinks the mummy is hunting for an ancient magical manuscript that will help him bring his old lover back to life.

Which wouldn’t be so bad if she wasn’t a warrior sorceress hell-bent on conquering the world with her undead armies.

Coop would very much like to run from the oncoming chaos. It’s one thing to steal a mummy, but another to have to deal with head-hunting bureaucrats, down-on-their luck fortune tellers, undead mailroom clerks, and a rather unimpressed elephant. Unfortunately, there’s nowhere to run. If he wants the madness to stop, he’s going to have to suck it up and play hero one more time. But if Coop manages to save the world AGAIN, he’s definitely going to want a lot of answers. And a raise.

A lovesick mummy... what could be better

It's another funny example of Coop's bumbling way of solving the chaos. Couldn't put this book down

quirky and fun

An amusing story and it kept me entertained. I liked the characters and how the early confusion of the story eventually pulled it all together.

even better the 2nd tim

What made the experience of listening to The Wrong Dead Guy the most enjoyable?

the wry humor, oliver wyman;s great voice

What did you like best about this story?

this one differs from the first one by concentrating on coop and his team, while having an angel punched in the nose was a great start, it had a lot of lines, now it takes the best of them

Which character – as performed by Oliver Wyman – was your favorite?

got to be doctor lupinsky, come on a doctor in egypology who gets turned into a cat, dies, haunts a CRT monitor that works on D batteries and has his own octopus like robot body to move in

how can you not like this, ps i want more!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

it is a genuinly funny book, coop reacts to all the frustration in his life with a mixture of sarcasm an fatalism

harcoof the mummy and his gluton for punishment thrall is funny too

Any additional comments?

get it, listen, forget the time, be late and ruin your life, you will still be happy

Good narrator

The stories OK, it doesn’t flow as smoothly or as interestingly enough to keep me turning the pages/listening but I did finish it. Might go back and try the first one, not sure I would pick up a third one if this book was the only sample.

Where is the next book?

Seriously,where is the next book in this series? Killing me and feels like this series might have been dropped which would be a huge shame. I freaking love sandman slim but want 5 more Coop adventuress!