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@2@@20@Watch out, Harry Dresden, Kinsey Milhone and Mercy Thompson: there's a new kick-ass guardian in town and Verity Fassbinder's taking no nonsense from anyone, not even the fox-spirit assassins who are invading Brisbane in this fast-paced @21@@20@sequel to @18@VIGIL.@19@@21@@16@@18@@19@@16@@18@@20@Life in Brisbane is never simple for those who walk between the worlds.@21@@19@@3@@2@Verity's all about protecting her city, but right now that's mostly running surveillance and handling the less exciting cases for the Weyrd Council - after all, it's hard to chase the bad guys through the streets of Brisbane when you're really, @18@really@19@ pregnant. @3@@2@@20@'Verity @21@is the @20@best thing @21@about the book . . . she's a @20@surly, straight-talking, Doc Marten-wearing punchbag@21@ who investigates @20@Weyrd-related crime@21@ on behalf of the beleaguered "normal" police' (@18@SFX)@19@@3@@2@An insurance investigation sounds pretty harmless, even if it is for 'Unusual Happenstance'. That's not usually a clause Normals use - it covers all-purpose hauntings, angry genii loci, ectoplasmic home invasion, demonic possession, that sort of thing - but Susan Beckett's claimed three times in three months. Her house keeps getting inundated with mud, but she's still insisting she doesn't need or want help . . . until the dry-land drownings begin.@3@@2@V's first lead in takes her to Chinatown, where she is confronted by kitsune assassins. But when she suddenly goes into labour, it's clear the fox spirits are @18@not@19@ going to be helpful.@3@@2@@20@@18@Corpselight@19@, the sequel to @18@Vigil@19@, is the second book in the @18@Verity Fassbinder@19@ series by award-winning author Angela Slatter.@21@@3@@2@@20@@18@'Simply put: Slatter can write! She forces us to recognise the monsters that are ourselves' @19@@18@Jack Dann, award-winning author.@19@@21@@3@
