Dead Serious Case #3: Mr Bruce Reyes

Crawshanks Guide to the Recently Departed, Book 3

By: Vawn Cassidy

Narrated by: Joel Leslie

Tristan Everett was finally getting used to the strangeness that was his life. Being able to see the dead and helping them solve their unfinished business and cross into the light wasn’t so bad after all, especially when he was accompanied by his best friend, dead drag queen Dusty Le Frey. His boyfriend, sexy Scotland Yard detective Danny Hayes, now knew the truth about Tristan’s “gift,” and they were about to move in together officially.

Life was good.

That is until Death—honest to god, Death (aka The Grim Reaper)—pitches up in Tristan’s kitchen with an unusual request: stop Dusty’s ghostly hookup Bruce from crossing into the light, which may result in dire consequences. i.e. an accidental apocalypse.

Determined to do the exact opposite, and avoid potentially the end of the world, Tristan and Danny assemble their own ragtag gang of one prickly witch, one snarky psychic private investigator, one living drag queen with an affinity for feathers, and one dead one with an affinity for a deceased rugby player in tiny shorts. Together they must solve a forty-year old cold case, while juggling a dose of the flu, a broken leg, a supernatural storm, and an immortal death deity with the looks and temperament of a sexy but grouchy CEO.

Seriously… what could possibly go wrong?

From Author Vawn Cassidy comes the next instalment of this hilarious and sweet paranormal romance mystery series.

©2023 Wendy Saunders (P)2024 Wendy Saunders

Great Continuation

This was so good. I love this series. Danny, Tristan and the entire gang of both ghosts and non-ghosts. So, Death comes a calling while poor Tristan is super sick. He wants Tristan to stop the finding of Bruce’s bones as that would be catastrophic. There is a storm that doesn’t seem natural and after Danny & his partner inspects the area where the bones were found, they are involved in an auto accident resulting in a broken leg. We have the investigation on how Bruce was killed, what is behind the supernatural things going on & stopping the end of the world. The book was awesome. A lot of things come to light, the death of Bruce, how he is related to the bookstore & portal, what’s behind the portal & just so many questions answered. I do not recommend reading this as a standalone, you really need to read the first two books. I can’t wait to see where we go from here.

Hooray for Tristan and Danny

This one sheds light into Danny’s past and the past of Dusty’s new ghost man Bruce Reyes. There is also Death (The Grim Reaper) chasing after Tristan and then is falling for Chan, one of the ladies from the drag show. Many mishaps for Tristan and Danny but they make it and save the day (or world)

Can’t get enough!

This series doesn’t disappoint. Every book in this series I have laughed, I have cried, and I have been thoroughly entertained. Not only do I love the main characters but all the side characters as well. I highly recommend

Entertaining

Dead Serious Case #3: Mr. Bruce Reyes by Vawm Cassidy is a fantastic paranormal detective mystery. Joel Leslie did a fantastic job with the narration. This story is the third book in Crawshanks Guide to the Recently Departed series. The story is entertaining, interesting, enjoyable, humorous, witty, thrilling, and well paced storyline.

Heartwarming and funny

I really enjoy this series. It’s not angsty, the characters are likable and the relationships feel natural. It’s a funny thing to say about a paranormal book but I think that’s what makes them so good. The mysteries and the magic bring the suspense and drama so the relationships don’t have to. There’s a lot of compassion in how the characters are written while they’re making silly snarky comments half the time. I imagine that’s hard to do as a writer.

One accidental LOL moment was when the narrator mispronounced oxytocin “oxytoxin”. Maybe love hormones are toxic sometimes but not in this book :)