Dear Edgar Cantero & Meddling Kids,
[quote cite=”Goodreads” url=”www.goodreads.com/book/show/32905343-meddling-kids”]For fans of John Dies at the End and Welcome to Night Vale comes a tour de force of horror, humor, and H.P. Lovecraft. The surviving members of a forgotten teenage detective club (and their dog) must reunite as broken adults to finally solve the terrifying case that ruined them all and sent the wrong man to prison. Scooby Doo and the gang never had to do this!1990. The teen detectives once known as the Blyton Summer Detective Club (of Blyton Hills, a small mining town in the Zoinx River Valley in Oregon) are all grown up and haven’t seen each other since their fateful, final case in 1977. Andy, the tomboy, is twenty-five and on the run, wanted in at least two states. Kerri, one-time kid genius and budding biologist, is bartending in New York, working on a serious drinking problem. At least she’s got Tim, an excitable Weimaraner descended from the original canine member of the team. Nate, the horror nerd, has spent the last thirteen years in and out of mental health institutions, and currently resides in an asylum in Arhkam, Massachusetts. The only friend he still sees is Peter, the handsome jock turned movie star. The problem is, Peter’s been dead for years.
The time has come to uncover the source of their nightmares and return to where it all began in 1977. This time, it better not be a man in a mask. The real monsters are waiting.
With raucous humor and brilliantly orchestrated mayhem, Edgar Cantero’s Meddling Kids taps into our shared nostalgia for the books and cartoons we grew up with, and delivers an exuberant, eclectic, and highly entertaining celebration of horror, life, friendship, and many-tentacled, interdimensional demon spawn.[/quote]
How can you not be excited about a book that’s essentially what happens to the Scooby gang when they break up? Somebody akinned this “teenage detective club” to the Scooby Doo gang, and I was immediately onboard with Meddling Kid! (You can see the Scooby Doo references in the title and a dog named Tim.) Here are these characters, all grown-up, brought together as adults to solve a monstrous mystery that can be the end of everybody’s lives. What kind of creepy, supernatural happenings are going on? I just gotta know.
Sincerely,
This just sounds SO. SO. GOOD. I constantly and consistently watched Scooby Doo while growing up–it was one of my favorite tv shows. I love the references to the gang, such as the title and Zoinks River Valley! The twist on it–that they’re grown ups and one might actually be insane, and another dead–just makes me want it all the more! I’m gonna have to read this ASAP…thanks for introducing me to this, Cee!! Can’t wait to see a review!