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Sgt. Janus Returns Kindle Edition

by Jim Beard (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Who is Lady Janus?

SGT JANUS RETURNS provides tantalizing clues to the identity of the mysterious, raven-haired woman who appears out of nowhere in a sleepy little village in the countryside and exhibits characteristics of Sgt. Roman Janus, the ghost-hunter extraordinaire who is believed dead.

At this intriguing woman’s side rides Joshua Hargreaves, a jazz-loving, self-styled layabout who is captivated with “Lady Janus” and her odd proclivity for seeking out spirits and breaking their bonds to the mortal plane. As the mystery of her true identity deepens, Hargreaves takes on the role of her chronicler—and too often her reluctant partner in her paranormal pursuits.

Sgt. Janus is gone…or is he? The answer to the question lies within these pages, but the journey to its ultimate revelation is fraught with frightening locales, mortal enemies, and the relentless spirits of the dead. Prepare to have your expectations stretched to their extremes.

First published in 2014, SGT JANUS RETURNS thrilled fans of the character introduced in SGT JANUS SPIRIT-BREAKER, the groundbreaking first volume of occult detection by Jim Beard, and makes its comeback in this newly edited and expanded edition.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B089R1G3RP
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Flinch Books (June 5, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 5, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4076 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 206 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0997790350
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Jim Beard

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Jim Beard pounds out adventure fiction with classic pulp style and flair.

A native Toledoan, he was introduced to comic books at an early age by his father, who passed on to him a love for the medium and the pulp characters who preceded it. After decades of reading, collecting and dissecting comics, Jim became a published writer when he sold a story to DC Comics in 2002. Since that time he's written official Spider-Man, X-Files, and Planet of the Apes prose fiction, Star Wars and Ghostbusters comic stories, and contributed articles and essays to several volumes of comic book history.

His prose work also includes GOTHAM CITY 14 MILES, a book of essays on the 1966 Batman TV series; SGT. JANUS, SPIRIT-BREAKER, a collection of pulp ghost stories featuring an Edwardian occult detective; MONSTER EARTH, a shared-world giant monster anthology; and CAPTAIN ACTION: RIDDLE OF THE GLOWING MEN, the first pulp prose novel based on the classic 1960s action figure.

Jim is also the co-publisher at Flinch Books, a small-press pulp house.

Please visit him on Facebook at http://facebook.com/thebeardjimbeard

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Robert Preston
5.0 out of 5 stars Sgt. Janus is back! AND, "Sgt. Janus Returns" is highly recommended.
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2020
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I thoroughly enjoyed the first outing, "Sgt. Janus Spirit-breaker" and "Sgt. Janus Returns" did not disappoint as a follow-up. The beginning of the book had me confounded - delightfully so. The ghost adventures were entertaining and engaging as the mystery into Janus' return is slowly and artfully revealed. It was nice to meet new characters and revisit some of the old "haunts." "Sgt. Janus Returns" is highly recommended. Deserving of a five-star rating.
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PAUL R. MCNAMEE
5.0 out of 5 stars Sgt Janus returns, or does he?
Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2020
I will try to avoid spoilers, but the big one can't be avoided. If you're reading SGT JANUS RETURNS, then you know Jim Beard killed off Roman Janus in the previous volume. (Or, more precisely, made him disappear with near certainty of death.)

Though Beard shifts to a single, Watson-esque, narrator for this book, if you're expecting a straight "Hurrah! He's back!" (a la THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES) in the opening pages, Beard wisely creates further mystery instead.

An amnesiac woman appears in a small village and solves a ghost problem. Thereafter, she whisks young Joshua Hargreaves into a life of adventurous "spirit breaking." As time passes, "Lady Janus" adopts more of Janus's habits and manners. Who is she? Is she possessed by Janus? Is she Janus reincarnated? Will we ever truly learn the nature and details of Roman Janus's disappearance?

These stories are much more tightly linked than the stories in the first volume. Beard builds a great sense of mystery and suspense as the stories stack on top of each other, creating further complications, rushing toward a thrilling conclusion.

With SGT JANUS RETURNS, Jim Beard has created the best kind of sequel. The book is its own story, with a familiar feel, but not falling to routine or re-treading the first volume.

Highly recommended for fans of pulp mystery and occult detectives. Just be sure to read SGT JANUS, SPIRIT-BREAKER first!
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J. Stoddard
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun read
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2021
Following in the supernatural detective tradition of William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki and Seabury's Quinn's Jules de Grandin, this second book in the Sgt Janus series is just a lot of fun. Innovative, too, in that Sgt Janus isn't the central figure in the book. There are some truly creepy moments, while avoiding anything truly gory. The thing I enjoyed most about the book is that the stories are linked, rather than being stand-alones. I found myself reading it more as a novel than a book of short stories and enjoyed it greatly.
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