Dead & Busy - Box Set: Episodes 1 - 4

Book excerpt: This Box Set contains Episodes 1 - 4 of the DEAD & BUSY series: #1 - Accidental Lazarus How to Force a Private Investigator to Find Your Murderer Being murdered is distressing. But the annoyance may be alleviated, at least a bit, if you can find out who murdered you and get even with him. To that end, you need the help of a paranormal detective like Dave Callaghan. Dave is not pleased to find a presumed dead mobster drinking scotch in his armchair. He is definitely unhappy when this atypical zombie engages him to find out who shot him. But the worse is yet to come, when Dave's girlfriend gets involved. Episode 1 of the DEAD & BUSY series will keep you laughing to the (bitter) end. #2 - Phantom Lover Why All These Deadies Keep Flocking Around Dave? "It was bad enough, I can assure you, finding a half-naked ectoplasm sitting at my desk, but she had to talk nonsense too . . ." Dave Callaghan is used to having ghosts drop by uninvited at all hours. But this time he is in for a new experience. Episode 2 of the DEAD & BUSY series - the one with the hooker. #3 - Mice A Mouse That Keeps Reciting Poetry to You, Is a Pest When white mice plague a short-tempered mobster, he hires Dave Callaghan to find out where they are coming from. The mobster wants to know why the mice wake him up in the middle of the night to recite "Mary had a little lamb" to him Dave is used to dealing with ghosts of every description, but this time he is facing a complex conspiracy that involves the government and a lascivious ghost. Episode 3 of the DEAD & BUSY series - the one with the Aussie ghost sailor. #4 - The Accountant In Which the Accountant Disappears With the Bank Codes What can be more maddening for a businessman, than to have his trusted accountant disappear with all the bank access codes? Well, discovering that he has eloped with the ghost of a prostitute surely makes it worse. The need to walk into a ghostly brothel doesn't put Dave off. He even befriends one of the girls there and fun is had by all. Episode 4 of the DEAD & BUSY series - the one with the little ghostly whorehouse. "Dave Callaghan is not here to bring you profound, life-changing thoughts; only quick, unadulterated fun."