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Book Review of Dead Men Kill (Stories from the Golden Age)

Dead Men Kill (Stories from the Golden Age)
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Ridiculous, yet entertaining. That pretty much sums up this audiobook experience. Detective Terry Lane has a tough job and dead men walking around making more dead men is simply a pain in the ass. But Lane rises to the challenge with some typical pulp fiction right hooks and gun play.

This novella followed pretty basic hard and fast rules about pulp fiction detective zombie novels. While I got some side entertainment from this tale while folding laundry and making dinner, overall I enjoyed L. Ron Hubbards science fiction works much more. Action and damsels in distress drove this story forward.

The audio cast on this book was entertaining. For action-driven plots, I enjoy multiple narrators with sound effects. This production was quite good, reminding me of the old-time radio broadcasts.