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KARAOKE DEATH SQUAD by Eric Mays (2011 Copeland Valley Press / 308 pp / tp)


Odie Wharton is a hot shot on the underground karaoke bar scene in Baltimore.  Along with his off-the-wall friends, karaoke is not only something they do to kill time...it's everything from a serious sport, to a way to make extra cash...it's their way of life.  Their world is thrown into chaos when three beautiful Russian women show up one night and seemingly put the place into a trance with their rendition of Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots are Made for Walkin'.'  Odie and his crew quickly discover there's more to these women than good voices and hot bodies when they begin to show signs of superhuman strength and other-worldly powers.


When one of Odie's crew goes missing after leaving with two of the girls, and when a few of his male buddies become pregnant after a wild shag session, an all-out war is on between our karaoke heroes and these sexy-but-evil dames...


With Russian mobsters, a quiet man who works origami in unusual ways, and a sexy cougar who--along with her hot teenage daughter--work their karaoke like a true art, KARAOKE DEATH SQUAD is loaded with irresistible characters and often hysterical situations.  Mays' witty and inventive prose keeps the pages flipping, and his use of popular songs (and how they're sung by certain people) had me in stitches.


This action-packed novel full of slackers, sluts, and succubbi is easily one of the most entertaining novels this year.  It might even inspire you to pick up a microphone...


(There's a GREAT bonus after the novel...Mays' special top ten lists to keep in mind the next time you hit your local pub!).