Barney Thomson, Zombie Killer: A Barney Thomson Novella
by Lindsay, Douglas
One government.
One empire.
One murderer.
One barber.
One zombie infestation about to consume planet earth.
The coalition government is in crisis, limping from one disaster to the next. The Prime Minister has a plan. Get the world's finest barber in to give him a new haircut. His defence minister, however, has an entirely different and more compelling plan. Using the all-new zombie-control gene developed by British scientists, the government will harvest an army of the living dead and use it to take over the world.
As a series of gruesome murders takes place in London, and the restless ranks of the Conservative party start to close in on a beleaguered Prime Minister, the zombie contagion is unleashed upon planet earth, the British Empire begins to expand, and Queen Victoria can at last stop turning in her grave. What could possibly go wrong?
Featuring barbershop legend Barney Thomson, murder, political intrigue, scenes of gratuitous flesh-eating, Humphrey Bogart, Satan, and the return of femme fatale Harlequin Sweetlips, BARNEY THOMSON, ZOMBIE KILLER is this year's must-read zombie political satire crime thriller comedy thing.
BARNEY THOMSON, ZOMBIE KILLER is a 29,000-word novella.
Praise for THE LONG MIDNIGHT OF BARNEY THOMSON (book 1)
"This chilling black comedy unfolds at dizzying speed... an impressive debut novel." –
Sunday Mirror
"The plot, Russian literature fans, is a modern spin on Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. The bloody ending, movie buffs, is pure Reservoir Dogs." – The Mirror
"This is pitch-black comedy spun from the finest writing. Fantastic plot, unforgettable scenes and plenty of twisted belly laughs." – New Woman
Praise for THE BARBER SURGEON'S HAIRSHIRT (book 2)
"A mad, macabre romp with surreal characters and cutting black humour." – The Sunday Mirror
"Gloriously over the top, very bloody and very, very funny." – Daily Telegraph
"A novel which is both genuinely silly and a fun read." – The Scotsman
"A flawless follow-up to an impressive debut, this is extremely well-written, highly amusing and completely unpredictable in its outrageous plot twists and turns." – The List
"Lindsay's burlesque thrills offer no sex, no drugs, no desperation to be cool. Just straightforward adult story; fantastic plot, classic timing and gleeful delight in the grotesque. With more talent than Irvine Welsh could dream of, Lindsay has crafted a macabre masterpiece where content lives up to style." – What's On
THE BARNEY THOMSON novels in order:
#1 THE LONG MIDNIGHT OF BARNEY THOMSON
#2 THE BARBER SURGEON'S HAIRSHIRT (aka THE CUTTING EDGE OF BARNEY THOMSON)
#3 MURDERERS ANONYMOUS (aka A PRAYER FOR BARNEY THOMSON)
#4 THE RESURRECTION OF BARNEY THOMSON (aka THE KING WAS IN HIS COUNTING HOUSE)
#5 THE LAST FISH SUPPER
#6 THE HAUNTING OF BARNEY THOMSON
#7 THE FINAL CUT
THE BARNEY THOMSON novellas:
THE END OF DAYS
THE FACE OF DEATH
BARNEY THOMSON, ZOMBIE KILLER
About the author
Douglas Lindsay is the author of the Barney Thomson barbershop crime series, as well as the thriller, LOST IN JUAREZ and the police procedurals, THE UNBURIED DEAD and WE ARE THE HANGED MAN. He lives in Somerset.
One empire.
One murderer.
One barber.
One zombie infestation about to consume planet earth.
The coalition government is in crisis, limping from one disaster to the next. The Prime Minister has a plan. Get the world's finest barber in to give him a new haircut. His defence minister, however, has an entirely different and more compelling plan. Using the all-new zombie-control gene developed by British scientists, the government will harvest an army of the living dead and use it to take over the world.
As a series of gruesome murders takes place in London, and the restless ranks of the Conservative party start to close in on a beleaguered Prime Minister, the zombie contagion is unleashed upon planet earth, the British Empire begins to expand, and Queen Victoria can at last stop turning in her grave. What could possibly go wrong?
Featuring barbershop legend Barney Thomson, murder, political intrigue, scenes of gratuitous flesh-eating, Humphrey Bogart, Satan, and the return of femme fatale Harlequin Sweetlips, BARNEY THOMSON, ZOMBIE KILLER is this year's must-read zombie political satire crime thriller comedy thing.
BARNEY THOMSON, ZOMBIE KILLER is a 29,000-word novella.
Praise for THE LONG MIDNIGHT OF BARNEY THOMSON (book 1)
"This chilling black comedy unfolds at dizzying speed... an impressive debut novel." –
Sunday Mirror
"The plot, Russian literature fans, is a modern spin on Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment. The bloody ending, movie buffs, is pure Reservoir Dogs." – The Mirror
"This is pitch-black comedy spun from the finest writing. Fantastic plot, unforgettable scenes and plenty of twisted belly laughs." – New Woman
Praise for THE BARBER SURGEON'S HAIRSHIRT (book 2)
"A mad, macabre romp with surreal characters and cutting black humour." – The Sunday Mirror
"Gloriously over the top, very bloody and very, very funny." – Daily Telegraph
"A novel which is both genuinely silly and a fun read." – The Scotsman
"A flawless follow-up to an impressive debut, this is extremely well-written, highly amusing and completely unpredictable in its outrageous plot twists and turns." – The List
"Lindsay's burlesque thrills offer no sex, no drugs, no desperation to be cool. Just straightforward adult story; fantastic plot, classic timing and gleeful delight in the grotesque. With more talent than Irvine Welsh could dream of, Lindsay has crafted a macabre masterpiece where content lives up to style." – What's On
THE BARNEY THOMSON novels in order:
#1 THE LONG MIDNIGHT OF BARNEY THOMSON
#2 THE BARBER SURGEON'S HAIRSHIRT (aka THE CUTTING EDGE OF BARNEY THOMSON)
#3 MURDERERS ANONYMOUS (aka A PRAYER FOR BARNEY THOMSON)
#4 THE RESURRECTION OF BARNEY THOMSON (aka THE KING WAS IN HIS COUNTING HOUSE)
#5 THE LAST FISH SUPPER
#6 THE HAUNTING OF BARNEY THOMSON
#7 THE FINAL CUT
THE BARNEY THOMSON novellas:
THE END OF DAYS
THE FACE OF DEATH
BARNEY THOMSON, ZOMBIE KILLER
About the author
Douglas Lindsay is the author of the Barney Thomson barbershop crime series, as well as the thriller, LOST IN JUAREZ and the police procedurals, THE UNBURIED DEAD and WE ARE THE HANGED MAN. He lives in Somerset.