The good, the bad, and the uncanny

The Resource The good, the bad, and the uncanny

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The good, the bad, and the uncanny

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Simon R. Green

Language

eng

Review

John Taylor, the Nightside’s finest PI, returns for a series of particularly difficult jobs. First, he’s hired to escort an elf across town. It doesn’t seem like much, but elves are not well-liked in the Nightside, and that turns a simple cross-town drive into an epic battle. Then Larry Oblivion, the Dead Detective, asks for help finding his younger brother, who hasn’t been seen since the Lilith War. Taylor saw him disappear, but his Sight indicated that he wasn’t dead, so he’s out there somewhere. As if that weren’t enough, Walker, the agent of the Authorities who’s an old friend of John’s father, wants something from John. Walker’s dying, and he wants John to take on a job. Taylor knows better, but accidents do happen. Taylor’s snappy wit and quick thinking make for another entertaining Nightside volume. While the Nightside books do rather follow a formula, it’s one that delivers consistently. The Nightside may be the most bizarre place imaginable, but it’s fun to read about. -- Schroeder, Regina (Reviewed 12-15-2009) (Booklist, vol 106, number , p)
The gripping, suspenseful, and wry 10th tale in the Nightside supernatural detective series proves every bit the equal of Jim Butcher's better-known Harry Dresden books. The action picks up not long after 2009's Just Another Judgement Day as Lord Screech, an elf claiming to be a peace emissary who has just negotiated a treaty between powerful elvish rivals, enlists PI John Taylor's help in getting safe passage to a portal to another realm. Despite his misgivings about Screech's honesty, Taylor and Ms. Fate, a transvestite crime fighter who “might have heard of taste, but only as something other people had,” battle werewolves and Neanderthals to deliver Screech to his destination and tackle several other challenges. Longtime fans and first timers alike will applaud Green's blend of fantasy, mystery, and humor. (Jan.) --Staff (Reviewed November 23, 2009) (Publishers Weekly, vol 256, issue 47, p42)
John Taylor, P.I., works London's Nightside, a hidden area where time is frozen at 3 a.m. and where sunlight never appears. An unusual job, escorting an elven lord safely from one end of Nightside to the other, places him into direct conflict with Walker, the enigmatic agent who maintains some semblance of order in Nightside and who presents him with an offer he desperately wants to refuse. Green's tenth Nightside novel (after Just Another Judgement Day ) features the author's hallmark witty storytelling, quicksilver plotting, and a plethora of vividly imagined characters drawn from myth, folklore, and urban legend. VERDICT Readers who appreciate urban fantasy told with a flair for the ironic should find this hard-boiled fantasy detective tale to their liking. --Jackie Cassada (Reviewed January 15, 2010) (Library Journal, vol 135, issue 1, p96)

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

823/.92

Index

no index present

LC call number

PR6107.R44

LC item number

G66 2010

Literary form

fiction

Series statement

Nightside series

Series volume

0010

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