It'd been almost a year since I'd picked up a book by Tim Downs. The first three BugMan novels (as well as Downs' other novels) had been sitting on my shelf, but with so many new books, I really hadn't thought about giving them one more read-through. Now that I've finished with Less Than Dead, I think at some point in the future, I'm going to be pulling those books off the shelf.
Dr. Nick Polchak is back for his fourth adventure as the BugMan. This time, an ancient gravesite has turned up in the middle of a construction site for a new mall. Not big in and of itself. But two things change this. One, the land belongs to a Presidential candidate, almost certain to win the election. Two, not all the dead are hundreds of years old, not all of them are buried in coffins, and not all of them died a peaceful death.
In order to solve the mystery, Polchak enlists the more-than-reluctant help of a mysterious woman called "The Witch of Endor" and her terrifying team of dogs, one of them a three-legged cadaver dog. Yeah, sounds like the kind of person that makes friends easily. Locals say that she can raise the dead, and that she wanders the woods at night seeking the body of her murdered father.
This is a story that will haunt you long after you turn the last page. What is more important, what appears to be? or what is? And with a killer on your tail, trying to cover up the murders, can you remain less than dead?
Downs brings another solid installment to the BugMan series with this book. I can't wait to dive into the next one. And lucky for me, I won't have to because BugMan #5,Ends of the Earth hits shelves on September 15th.
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