Edgar Cantero

Four former kid detectives have grown up and apart, each haunted by disturbing memories of their final night in an old haunted house. The time has come to get the team back together, face their fears, and find out what actually happened all those years ago at Sleepy Lake.

A Novel

Meddling Kids

Inheriting an eerie estate in the Virginia woods, a skeptical man wonders about his family member's suicide and realizes that the house harbors both ghosts and terrible secrets, in a story told through journal entries, scrawled notes, security footage, audio recordings and advertisements.

The Supernatural Enhancements

From the New York Times bestselling author of Meddling Kids comes a mind-blowing, gender-bending, genre-smashing romp through the entire pantheon of action and noir. An office door bears the names of A. Kimrean and Z. Kimrean, Private Eyes. Behind the door there is just one desk, one chair and one scrawny, androgynous detective. A.Z., as they are collectively known, are twin brother and sister. He’s pure misanthropic logic, she’s wild hedonistic creativity. The Kimreans have been locked in mortal battle since they were in utero... which is tricky because they literally share one single body. That’s right. One body, two pilots. Someone is murdering the sons of a drug cartel boss in the biggest baddest town in California – San Carnal. A.Z. Kimrean must go to the sin-soaked streets, infiltrate the boss’s inner circle, and find out who is targeting his heirs. Plus rescue an undercover cop in too deep, deal with a plucky young stowaway, and face every plot device and break every rule Elmore Leonard wrote before they can crack the case. This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us is a brilliantly subversive and comic thriller celebrating noir detectives, Die Hard, Fast & Furious, and the worst case of sibling rivalry, that can only come from the mind of Edgar Cantero.

This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us

There's a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed

"Joss Whedon...can’t possibly write All The Things That Are Kind Of Like This. So hallelujah that Edgar Cantero – a Barcelona native whose first language is Spanish, but who spits pop-culture in English like the savviest geek in, say, Sheboygan posting on Tumblr – is writing some of them.”--The Austin Chronicle From the New York Times bestselling author of Meddling Kids comes a mind-blowing, gender-bending, genre-smashing romp through the entire pantheon of action and noir. It is also a bold, tautly crafted novel about family, being weird, and claiming your place in your own crazy story. In a dingy office in Fisherman's Wharf, the glass panel in the door bears the names of A. Kimrean and Z. Kimrean. Private Eyes. Behind the door there is only one desk, one chair, one scrawny androgynous P.I. in a tank top and skimpy waistcoat. A.Z., as they are collectively known, are twin brother and sister. He's pure misanthropic logic, she's wild hedonistic creativity. The Kimreans have been locked in mortal battle since they were in utero...which is tricky because they, very literally, share one single body. That's right. One body, two pilots. The mystery and absurdity of how Kimrean functions, and how they subvert every plotline, twist, explosion, and gunshot--and confuse every cop, neckless thug, cartel boss, ninja, and femme fatale--in the book is pure Cantero magic. Someone is murdering the sons of the ruthless drug cartel boss known as the Lyon in the biggest baddest town in California--San Carnal. The notorious A.Z. Kimrean must go to the sin-soaked, palm-tree-lined streets of San Carnal, infiltrate the Lyon's inner circle, and find out who is targeting his heirs, and while they are at it, rescue an undercover cop in too deep, deal with a plucky young stowaway, and stop a major gang war from engulfing California. They'll face every plot device and break every rule Elmore Leonard wrote before they can crack the case, if they don't kill each other (themselves) first. This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us is a brilliantly subversive and comic thriller celebrating noir detectives, Die Hard, Fast & Furious, and the worst case of sibling rivalry, that can only come from the mind of Edgar Cantero.

In Tagebucheinträgen, Briefen, Überwachungskameraaufnahmen, Tonaufzeichnungen und verschlüsselten Nachrichten wird eine außergewöhnliche Geschichte erzählt, die für Gänsehaut sorgt, die Tradition der Geisterhausgeschichten aber auf eine völlig neue Ebene führt. Einige Monate nachdem der letzte der Wells Söhne aus seinem Schlafzimmerfenster im Axton House – leider vergaß er, es vorher zu öffnen – gesprungen ist, bezieht ein eigenartiges europäisches Pärchen das verlassene Anwesen. A. ist 23 und entpuppt sich als der unvorhergesehene Erbe. Niamh ist eine stumme jugendliche Punkerin, die er selbst als seine Gefährtin oder Beschützerin beschreibt. Dass das Anwesen von Geistern heimgesucht werden soll, macht die beiden nur noch neugieriger auf ihr neues, bequemes – da reiches – Leben. Aber die Geister, die in diesem Haus herumspuken, sind bei weitem nicht das dunkelste Geheimnis von Axton House. Und nicht das mörderischste ...

Mörderische Renovierung

Mistério, humor e nostalgia se encontram numa história de detetives inspirada no horror de H.P. Lovecraft Eles se conheceram na infância, nas férias em Blyton Hills — a cidade debruçada no lago mais enigmático que uma criança poderia imaginar. Anos depois, Andy é uma mulher extremamente solitária e sente que não se encaixa em lugar algum; Kerri busca consolo para seus medos e complexos na bebida; Nate se interna voluntariamente em hospitais psiquiátricos e tem a constante companhia do fantasma de Peter, o amigo que se tornara um astro de Hollywood mas morreu de overdose. Nenhum dos quatro podia imaginar que seu futuro seria fadado ao fracasso por conta de uma aventura adolescente envolvendo a Mansão Deboën. Mais de uma década antes, em 1977, eles eram apenas quatro jovens inquietos, acompanhados de um simpático cachorro, quando foram até o lago da cidade de Blyton Hills para desvendar um mistério. Em vez de monstros assustadores e espíritos vingativos, o Clube dos Detetives de Blyton, como eles se intitulavam, descobriu que tudo não passava da tramoia de um criminoso fantasiado. Mas o que eles viram e ouviram naquele dia jamais deixa de aterrorizá-los. Com a vida estagnada e imersa em um caos insuportável, Andy se convence de que é preciso enfrentar o passado que não os permite seguir em frente. O grupo então se reúne para tentar entender o que realmente aconteceu naquele fatídico verão e, desta vez, terão certeza de que a resposta é muito mais macabra e perigosa do que imaginavam. Uma narrativa que celebra a nostalgia dos anos 1990, a amizade e os fantasmas (reais ou não) que precisamos enfrentar para superar maldições e maus agouros, O caso da Mansão Deboën une doses do terror consagrado por H.P. Lovecraft ao humor sagaz das clássicas histórias de detetives juvenis, popularizadas por produções como Scooby-Doo.

O Caso Da Mansão Deboën

EVERYBODY LOVES A CONSPIRACY. DON’T THEY? When Ambrose Wells dies jumping out of his bedroom window in Axton House, forgetting to open it first, a distant relative with an unusual companion takes possession of the gothic estate at Point Bless, Virginia. But as they settle into their new surroundings, excited by rumours of ghosts, suicides and secret societies, they find themselves not just part of a mysterious ‘Game’, but determined to win it.

A mesmerizing novel...what begins as a gothic ghost story soon evolves into a wickedly twisted treasure hunt in The Supernatural Enhancements, Edgar Cantero's wholly original, modern-day adventure. When twentysomething A., the European relative of the Wells family, inherits a beautiful, yet eerie, estate set deep in the woods of Point Bless, Virginia, it comes as a surprise to everyone—including A. himself. After all, he never knew he had a "second cousin, twice removed" in America, much less that his eccentric relative had recently committed suicide by jumping out of the third floor bedroom window—at the same age and in the same way as his father had before him . . . Together with A.’s companion, Niamh, a mute teenage punk girl from Ireland, they arrive in Virginia and quickly come to feel as if they have inherited much more than just a rambling home and an opulent lifestyle. Axton House is haunted... they know it...but the presence of a ghost is just the first of a series of disturbing secrets they slowly uncover. What led to the suicides? What became of the Axton House butler who fled shortly after his master died? What lurks in the garden maze – and what does the basement vault keep? Even more troubling, what of the rumors in town about a mysterious yearly gathering at Axton House on the night of the winter solstice? Told vividly through a series of journal entries, cryptic ciphers, recovered security footage, and letters to a distant Aunt Liza, Edgar Cantero has written an absorbing, kinetic and highly original supernatural adventure with classic horror elements that introduces readers to a deviously sly and powerful new voice.

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Carles Sanchez

Presents a collection of comic strip parodies of a variety of motion pictures, including "The Hobbit," "Psycho," "No Country for Old Men," and "Batman Begins."

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