Ian M Dudley: 4 books

Taunted by a pair of sentient scissors, a child is forced to take extreme measures to protect his already long-gone sanity.Who will win? The tormented young child, or the pair of scissors that knows just which buttons to press?

For Marlowe, an over-worked and oft worked over private eye recovering from yet another emergency resurrection, it's the start of a long day. He's murdered by a bar of sentient soap in the morning, and just when he's recovered enough to grab some lunch, a femme fatale crash-lands outside the City,...

For most of his cases involving marriage, Marlowe finds himself checking up on one unhappy spouse at the behest of another unhappy spouse. Nothing personal, just an unpleasant job. But not this time. Now he's the spouse, and if he can't trust Nina, his new wife and old bodyguard, they're...

It's hard to enjoy Xmas when even the Santa Claus Gang's out to get you. When the Prussian Death Squad Robot commandos (with Live Action Grappling Hooks!) disappear en masse on Xmas Eve, the crime bears all the hallmarks of the nefarious Santa Claus Gang. Can Marlowe and Nina crack the...