The Plumbers by Terry M. West

​A zombie-esque apocalypse straight out of Shawn of the Dead playbook, featuring, as you might have guessed, plumbers.
The end of the word might be nigh, but toilets still need plunging and all that, and so the plumbers are your basic essential workers. Good thing the apocalypse hasn’t really come to the parts of the country where these plumbers live and work, and so they just go on about their daily life, more or less, as per usual. Just your normal everyday plumbers…with a license to kill.
This is a story of one crazy day in their lives. One plumbing request to a mansion and sure enough, all safety presets are thrown to the wind. Fight, plumbers, fight for your life.
An over-the-top sort of comedy of the horrific with guts and gore and oodles of action and an occasional joke or two. This one also is over-the-top British in a way that screams pastiche and, sure enough, turns out it is, with the author being American (of the uberAmerican New York to Texas to California persuasion).
This novella was a quick fun read. Just the right length to entertain without overdoing it and overstaying its welcome. Nice find, especially for a freebie. And a solid introduction to a new author for me. Recommended.