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Meddling Kids

By: Edgar Cantero
Narrated by: Malk Williams
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A nostalgic and subversive trip rife with sly nods to H. P. Lovecraft and pop culture, in the vein of It and Stranger Things.

In 1977 the Blyton Summer Detective Club unmasked the elusive Sleepy Lake monster - another low-life fortune hunter who would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids. By 1990 the former detectives are haunted by strange, half-remembered events that cannot be explained by a guy in a mask.

Andy, the once-intrepid tomboy now wanted in two states, wants answers. To find them she will need Kerri, the former kid genius and her excitable Weimaraner, Tim.

They will also have to get Nate, who is currently residing in an asylum. Luckily Nate has not lost contact with Peter, the handsome jock turned movie star who was once their leader...which is remarkable, considering Peter has been dead for years. The time has come to get the team back together and find out what happened all those years ago.

©2018 Edgar Cantero (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Action & Adventure Ghosts Horror Scary Haunted

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"If you loved Scooby-Doo as a kid (or as an adult - no judgment), you'll love this sly take on the genre." (New York Post)

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As a massive Scooby Doo fan, this was perfect. If you enjoyed the Scooby series Mystery Incorperated, then this book is for you. Great book that I keep recommending to everyone I think would enjoy it. So far 3 of thos epeople have read it also and loved it.

Edgar Cantero, please write more!!

Just what I was looking for.

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I loved the thought of an adult, slightly broken, Scooby Doo like team facing their demons (literally!)

Great bit of nostalgia baiting fun

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I'm confused.
So by replacing themselves with a pup, did they put a puppy's soul in a ageing dying dog. Or did they just make themselves younger and snuck into the litter.

I liked Andy, but she's a poor Daphne stand in.

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Really wanted to like this.
Started off OK but just gets more and more fantastical and silly. The characters were really not my cup of tea.
I llike the writing style I just don't like the story.
The performance was generally good but the accents were awful.
Sorry.

Meh

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at least 40% of the fun is notching us this books reference points, the rest is the joy of good story telling.

Great Fun

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really enjoyed this novel the story is interesting characters refreshingly real, narration is perfect.

only thing that makes me think this could be improved is there could have been more done with the ghost angle

Scooby Doo meets Famous Five with added swearing

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An immensely enjoyable and light hearted exploration of Cthulhu mythos, following the adventures of a former young detective club. It was pretty much the perfect example of whatever it was I just listened to.

Like Scooby Doo meets Cthulhu mythos.

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Essentially mash-up fan-fiction, but the very best of such a thing there can be. Smiles, heart, and action.

Tremendously good fun.

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I absolutely loved this book. Great story, great characters, some very strong language, queer representation, Lovecraftian monsters, and enough Scooby Doo references to make Scrappy Doo feel like a distant memory. Topped off by brilliant narration as well, and a reveal that I did not see coming!

Grab your Scooby snacks!

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This is a such a weird mixture of literary genres that it's hard to describe. It's set, so far as I can tell, in Lovecraft-land, but it features grown-up versions of Enid Blyton's Famous Five, including the dog. In this reality, however, Anne and Georgina are lesbians, Dick is in the nuthouse, and Julian is, well, dead. He still has a starring role, however -- it's that kind of tale.

Nothing about this set-up sounds promising but, in fact, it works really well. The first half of the book -- until the Lovecraftian fish-men actually put in an appearance -- is both funny and creepy. The second half is just silly, but it's clever and funny, so that's forgivable.

Although the story is set in the USA the characters are, presumably, American, the narrator is English, and that adds an odd, but engaging, dimension. After all, an Enid Blyton story should be read by a posh-sounding brit, right?

I shall certainly be looking out for more by this author although, sadly, he doesn't seem to have written much in English.

Enid Blyton meets HP Lovecraft

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