Sepultura tells the story of a sociopath named Dyson who
works in Burials and Cemeteries and deals with people who irritate him in a
very illegal way.
Dyson’s move to Paleham Council was under a cloud of
suspicion, but he has hidden the dodgy details from his new co-workers well.
Not that he interacts with them or even tries to remember their names. All he
wants to do now is make sure his department runs smoothly and that everyone
adheres to his strict rules regarding the graveyards. And of course, he wants
to make sure his son receives a good education. The problem is that Free Lunch
(as he names his ex’s current partner) is a lowlife druggie that shouldn’t be
in her life and has some influence on his son. Well, he is not really a
problem. Not when Dyson can get rid of him. In really small pieces.
Dyson’s mastery of Italian puts him in a group of people
about to participate in a town swop, where councils who do the same work but in
different countries come together to discuss strategy. Good wine, sexy women
and picturesque surroundings. Sounds good, right? Well, there is one annoying
co-worker, but Dyson knows how to deal with annoying people...
Boy oh boy was Dyson a guilty pleasure of a character! As
much as you knew it was not the right thing to do to support him, each time the
body count got higher and another annoying person was wiped off the earth you
did a little happy dance. I loved the snarky character of Dyson and the way he
saw things being so cut and dried. If you didn’t like something, do something
about it. Obviously, this is not ok in real life, but in the book it really was
funny. The town swop was an interesting idea but the paperwork and bureaucracy
in Italy sounded like a nightmare. I hadn’t read the first one in the series
but this book could be read as a standalone. However, the ending is a major
cliffhanger, so be prepared to have many questions.
The editing was very good and only a few mistakes cropped up
like the incorrect use of “here, here” and using wined instead of whined. Some
things that you thought were mistakes turned out to be for effect like calling
a person It or having a stutter when remembering the beginning letter of a
person’s name. The one thing I couldn’t fathom though was using this to label a
person: Mar-keting. Sometimes getting too clever with accents creates
confusion.
I have never read a book in the transgressive genre before
and didn’t know what to expect. I’m certainly glad I did as I loved it and will
definitely be reading more. Thanks to Voracious Readers Only and the author for
a copy of the book.
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