D.D. Murphry has a way with words—or is it that words have their way with him? Work the clues alongside this unlikely sleuth to reveal an underground cabal of letters, a conspiracy of meaning, right below the surface of the everyday world.
Murphry is both hero and villain, an unforgettable personality who will have you cringing while you laugh and rooting for his every misguided plan. This is a clever tale told with a dexterity that allows for a gritty, noir feel, insight into the frailty of the human mind and the ability to see the absurdity in it all.
What They're Saying about D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman:
"Readers will find themselves hypnotically taken in by the perplexed and often warped events that surround D.D. Murphry. From case to case, D.D. Murphry offers spells of investigative magnetism, contemplative wisdom, and much-needed closure."
—East Bay Literary Examiner
"…unsettling to read. Getting inside Murphry’s mind was like being trapped in the body of a homeless, schizophrenic."
—Bookgasm
D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman is a delightful and unique story. The only thing I regret about reading the seven cases presented in this delicious tome is that I didn't think of them first! I cannot recommend it enough!
—James A. Moore, author of Deeper and The Serenity Falls Trilogy
D.D. Murphry is the first responder to a terrible accident at the intersection of Desire and Reality, sorting through the wreckage with a bloody spoon and a dangerously corrupted sense of Truth. Clark and Massie have created a brilliantly indelible character in D.D., and with each case cracked they offer a smorgasbord of startling shock, laugh-out-loud wordplay, and endearing empathy. D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman is an arresting literary tightrope act of the top order. Read it now, and keep an eye out for True Government transmissions.
—Jeremy Robert Johnson, author of Angel Dust Apocalypse and Extinction Journals
If you have ever wondered what sort of book Hannibal Lector would have read as a child, you have only to open D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman to have your answer. Elizabeth Massie and Alan M. Clark—two very unique talents—have butterfly nets and canvas jackets with wraparound arms in their futures. Hopefully, not too soon in their futures. These two are just ... nuts. Thank God.
—5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner Gary A. Braunbeck, author of Coffin County and Far Dark Fields
Beth Massie? Alan Clark? Writing together? Be afraid. Be very,
very afraid.
—Craig Shaw Gardner, NY Times Best Selling author
Elizabeth Massie and Alan M. Clark are both dark geniuses in their own right, but with this collaboration, they have created a kind of mad perfection. D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman is twisted, unnerving, and funny as hell. It takes a special kind of lunacy to write something this wonderful. A triumph.
—Christopher Golden, author of The Myth Hunters
What a concept! Massie and Clark have crafted a winner: funny,
clever and disturbing all at once. Getting inside D.D. Murphry's head
was fascinating and deeply unsettling...reading it, one gets the
feeling that there may be more than one 'secret policeman' out in the
real world. I loved it.
—Nate Kenyon, author of Bloodstone and The Bone Factory
About the Cover Artist
Chad Savage is one of those artists for whom it’s “in the blood.” His parents told him he was drawing before he could walk, and what he was drawing concerned them. Monstrous themes have always prevailed in his art. There has been conjecture that Chad’s disturbing imagery is due to the fact that he was raised Southern Baptist. That his parents were both dead by his 20th year. That his first year of college was in Los Angeles after growing up for 17 years in The South. Chad has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in illustration and advertising art from the University of North Texas.
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