The Devil's Detective

Zusatztext “Original! tense! and full of great twists! this is one hell of a great read.”      —Hugh Howey! author of WOOL “Damned good. . . . An entertaining Dantean spin on the police procedural.”      — Financial Times   “A grand! nightmarish page-turner that will have you riveted no matter how much you'd prefer to look away.”      — Kirkus Reviews   “This might be the most whimsical murder story ever told. The Devil's Detective is relentlessly creative! fearlessly witty! and completely twisted. Naturally! I loved it.”      —Chelsea Cain! bestselling author of One Kick “A clever spin on the traditional police procedural. . . . We’ve seen other novels set in Hell! but we haven't seen a Hell quite like this.”      — Booklist “Dark and luminous! compelling and insidious!  The Devil’s Detective  is a novel that transcends genre.”      —Michael Marshall Smith! bestselling author of  The Intruders  and  The Straw Men “Hell as the setting for a noir investigation turns out to be as fun as it sounds in  The Devil's Detective .  Inventive and pacy! Simon Kurt Unsworth has created a world—underworld?—distinctly his own.”      —Andrew Pyper! author of  The Demonologist  and  The Damned “Inventive and intriguing—Unsworth turns a journey through Hell into a heavenly read.”      —Alison Littlewood! author of  A Cold Season “A layered! fascinating first novel that will put readers firmly in mind of Clive Barker as they indulge in the gorgeous detail of Hell and all of its squalid denizens.  The Devil’s Detective  is an ambitious yet accomplished piece of work that will leave the reader not only wanting more Thomas Fool but hoping against hope that the reality of Hell isn’t anywhere near as bad as the version in Unsworth’s imagination.”      —ThisIsHorror.co.uk Informationen zum Autor Simon Kurt Unsworth was born in Manchester and lives in a farmhouse in Cumbria, in the United Kingdom. He is the author of many short stories, including the collection Quiet Houses . The Devil's Detective is his first novel. Klappentext Something is changing in Hell. A man is found dead, murdered in a horrific manner--even by Hell's standards--and he is merely the first of many. Unfortunately, these deaths coincide with a political visit from a Heavenly delegation, so the pressure is on Thomas Fool, an Information Man, to track down and identify the murderer. It's critical that Fool solves these crimes, but how can he find a killer in a place where murder is common currency? With no memory of his past but an irresistible drive to discover the truth, Fool will follow the trail of clues straight into the heart of a dark and chaotic conspiracy. A revolution is brewing in Hell . . . and nothing is what it seems. Leseprobe 1 The day began with Gordie, who knocked on Fool’s door and entered the room without waiting. He bustled over to Fool, waving a blue-­ribboned canister in front of him like a torch that had lost its light as Fool pulled himself up onto an elbow, rubbing one hand across eyes that were thick with sleep. He was pleased to see that in Gordie’s other hand was a mug, steam curling out from it and bringing with it the smell of weak, thin coffee. Gordie set the mug down on the table by Fool’s bed and said, “One came through. It’s blue. I’ve never seen a blue before.” Fool picked up the mug and sipped, glad of the heat of the coffee on his tongue even if the taste was buried beneath its scald. He twisted, careful not to spill his drink, and looked up at the high, small window, trying to work out from the light coming in around the grimy linen blind what time of day it was. Beams of gray, sickly illumination crawled across the wall at low angles, throwing shadows from right to left, m...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Simon Kurt Unsworth
• Editore: Anchor Books USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9780804172929
• ISBN: 978-0-8041-7292-9
• Pagine: 304
• Dimensioni: 132 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Serie: Vintage crime/Black Lizard; Vintage crime/Black Lizard; Thomas Fool
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi