Series you should be reading: The Brenda and Effie Mysteries by Paul Magrs

If you haven't read Paul Magrs's Brenda and Effie Mysteries, then you're missing out on a really great and fun series!!

 

At the moment it is my favorite series of books. And not just because I did the cover for the final installment of the series. But because Paul incorporates everything I love about classic horror. Both in the literary and the Universal Monster Movies sense.

 

We meet Brenda in the first book Never the Bride. We come to find out she is the Bride of Frankenstein. For those of you who have read the original Mary Shelley novel, you may recall Baron Frankenstein creating a mate for his creature but opting tear her to bits and leave her lying on the floor as he and his first creation battle each other to the ends of the Earth.

 

Well, it turns out Brenda wasn't destroyed. Pulled herself together and had been roaming the earth since then. Until she finally settled down in the English seaside town of Whitby where she opened a little bed and breakfast and made friends with Effie. A rather austere old woman who runs an antiques shop nex door. And also happens to be descended from a long line of witches who have lived in Whitby.

 

And if that's not enough, apparently Whitby is where the gateway to Hell resides within the ruins of the old abbey on the hill. And Hell is filled to capacity which means some of the nasties are getting out into our mortal world.

 

And that's not half of it!!

 

What I've always liked about Paul's writing is his balance of the creepy horror with a touch of humor. You'll get the willies but you'll be laughing the entire time from the funny and clever lines Paul writes in his stories.

 

Here is the list of Paul's stories. You can find them on Amazon.com,  Obverse Books and Snow Books:

  

Never the Bride (Brenda&Effie Mystery #1)

Something Borrowed (Brenda &Effie Mystery #2)

Conjugal Rites (Brenda &Effie Mystery #3)

Hell's Belles! (Brenda&Effie Mystery #4)

The Bride That Time Forgot (Brenda &Effie Mystery #5)

Brenda and Effie Forever (Brenda &Effie Mystery #6)

Full cover art for Brenda and Effie Forever!!

 Here's the full cover for Brend and Effie Forever! By Paul Magrs in all it's glory!!

 

I have been a fan of both Paul's Brenda and Effie series as well as his other writing for some time. So it was a real thrill to be able to supply the cover for the ladies of Whitby's final adventure.

 

And if it's anything like Paul's previous books in the series, it should be great fun!! All the usual nasties will be present in this story as well as the first appearance in the series of a certain Art Critic Panda. Whom fans of Paul's Iris Wildthyme and Doctor Who work might recognize.

 

I highly recommend you get your copy when it hits bookstores this month!!