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Weatherly Stein is a fourteen year old heir to the greatest family of European sorcerers. Morton Candle is a tough ex soldier who helped rescue him after his parents were killed during WW2. These are the cases that they have solved. Call Stein and Candle Detective Agency for an outbreak of zombies. Have a Cthulhu? No problem. These stories are the best. Paranormal experience with muscles make them unbeatable. Loved this book and the first one as well. It you like the old time gangsters and gumshoes, you will love this. I received this book from Net Galley and Curiosity Quills Press for a honest review and no compensation otherwise.The opinions expressed are my own.


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The Stein Candle Detective Agency Vol 2 Cold Wars The Stein Candle Detective Agency #2 edition by Michael Panush Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews

One of the most enjoyable aspects of New Pulp Fiction has been the creation of memorable new heroes by today's pre-eminent pulp writers. Derrick Ferguson has given us Dillon and Mongrel to name a few. Barry Reese has created a bunch of awesome characters, the most recognizable being the Rook and Lazarus Gray. And the list goes on and on. Which is why this reviewer has become so enamored with Michael Panush's series, STEIN AND CANDLE Detective Agency which features two of the most original new pulp heroes ever to grace a page of purple prose.

Mort Candle is an ex-Army sergeant tough-guy private eye who is parts Sam Spade and Mike Hammer. Candle's fist often speak louder than his words. His partner is a teenage boy named Weatherby Stein, a German youth whose parents were killed by the Nazis. Weatherby's father was one of the world's leading authorities on the occult and Weatherby was raised studying arcane lore thus making him, even at a young age, an expert in the dark arts. Thus this duo travels the post World War II globe tackling all manner of bizarre adventures. This is the second volume of their cases and like the first is jammed packed with memorable scenes that assure Stein and Candle a reserved niche in the halls of New Pulp Fiction heroes.

"Tiki Terror," has the guys flying to Honolulu, Hawaii to solve a bizarre murder of a hotel magnate who was apparently eaten by sharks in his high-rise office far from the sea. While on the island, Weatherby is reunited with his older sister, Selena, a college student studying anthropology.

"Crimson Catch" takes our duo to the mysterious New England fishing town of Innsmouth where they cross paths with Lovecraft monsters from the deep. Panush audaciously swipes the plot from "A Fist Full of Dollars," having Candle play the part of the instigator pitting two occult clans of fishmen against each other.

With "Mort Candle's War," Panush continues the origin saga began in the first volume returning back to the Black Forest where Sgt. Mort Candle and his squad of Screaming Eagles fight a desperate battle to save young Weatherby Stein and deliver safely to General Patton's Third Army. Great combat sequences reminiscent of DC Comic's old Sgt.Rock series.

In "Pharoah's Palace," Mort and Weatherby uncover an ancient Egyptian mystic operating a casino on Los Vegas and team up with legendary hero, Doc Dearborn and his daughter, Evelyn, to combat this ancient evil.

The fifth tale is called "The Hallow," and has our heroes visiting rural Appalachia to rescue a miner's daughter kidnapped by a coven of witches. But before they can formulate an effective strategy, the witches snatch Weatherby and its left to Mort to rescue his young partner with the aid of a con artist turned preacher man.

"Business Proposition," picks up on the episodic origin story of how the gruff former army sergeant and the special trained teenager hook up again in Brooklyn after the war and what leads them to form their partnerships as detectives who specialize in the bizarre. Easily our favorite tale in this collection.

Finally the book wraps with "Crypt Chasers," a high-balling confrontation between Weatherby and malevolent distant relative who has returned from the dead and plans on unleashing his particular brand of sadism on the modern world. Panush leaves the story open ended, having created what looks to be a recurring arch-enemy for our duo. Making us all the more anxious to dig into the next volume of this terrific series.

We'd also like to applaud Curiosity Quills Press for a gorgeous design package here, from a beautiful cover to fitting interior illustrations that truly enhance each story. "Stein and Candle Vol II Cold Wars" is a fantastic, thoroughly enjoyable book we cannot recommend strongly enough. If you like New Pulp Fiction, Stein and Candle are you kind of heroes. Move over Dillon and the Rook, you've got company.
Book Info Genre Paranormal Noir Mystery/Action/Adventure Reading Level Adult (has YA character, probably appropriate for readers as young as MG w/ violence warning)

Disclosure I received a free eBook copy of this novel from Curiosity Quills (the publisher) in exchange for an honest review

Synopsis A wealthy Hawaiian hotelier is chewed to death by sharks - in his penthouse office. A traveling salesman goes missing - in a shady New England town full of monstrous fishmen. A new casino gets supernaturally good luck in Vegas - thanks to ancient Egyptian magic.

These are the cases taken by Morton Candle and Weatherby Stein. Mort's a hardboiled ex-paratrooper turned two-gun shamus. Weatherby's a fourteen-year-old wiz kid and heir to the greatest family of European sorcerers.

They met in the fury of WWII, when Weatherby and his parents were being held hostage by the Third Reich and Mort's squad was sent to bust them out. Now they're a pair of private detectives specializing in the paranormal, the supernatural and the just plain weird.

But sometimes, arcane evil goes back a long way and a dangerous force from deep in the past of Stein's family is about rise. Weatherby and Mort will put everything they have into stopping it - and it might not be enough

My Thoughts I read and reviewed the first book in this series, The Stein & Candle Detective Agency American Nightmares, 4/15/12, and really got a kick out of it. Additionally, I read this author's book Dinosaur Jazz 8/3/12 - Michael Panush is a very talented young writer (he's only 22) and based upon his work so far, I predict great things for him ahead. Thanks to Curiosity Quills for bringing us fresh, young talent like this, to entertain and edify.

Again, this book is a series of episodes where Candle and Stein solve occult crimes and fight paranormal creatures. Fans of Lovecraft will cheer over their adventure in Innsmouth, and the entire book has Cthulhian images scattered throughout. Included among the cases are a story about Candle's military unit rescuing Stein, and the story of how Candle and Stein teamed up as a detective agency.

There are a number of editing errors, but the stories are fast-paced and, like the first book, full of pulpy goodness. Suspension of disbelief is required, but it is an enjoyable read. If you enjoyed the first book, don't miss this one!
Weatherly Stein is a fourteen year old heir to the greatest family of European sorcerers. Morton Candle is a tough ex soldier who helped rescue him after his parents were killed during WW2. These are the cases that they have solved. Call Stein and Candle Detective Agency for an outbreak of zombies. Have a Cthulhu? No problem. These stories are the best. Paranormal experience with muscles make them unbeatable. Loved this book and the first one as well. It you like the old time gangsters and gumshoes, you will love this. I received this book from Net Galley and Curiosity Quills Press for a honest review and no compensation otherwise.The opinions expressed are my own.