The Devil's Detective (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (802 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0804172927 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Simon Kurt Unsworth was born in Manchester and lives in a farmhouse in Cumbria, in the United Kingdom. The Devil's Detective is his first novel. . He is the author of many short stories, including the collection Quiet Houses
"This story is a murder mystery during the reception of a foreign embassy" according to Peter S. Bradley. Thomas Fool is an "Information Man" in Hell. Hell seems to be a large city - think Los Angeles in size - bounded by a wall. On one side of the wall, in one area, perhaps, there is the ocean of Limbo, where souls are fished out and enfleshed and sent on to Hell proper. Once in Hell, enfleshed souls are assigned to work in factories or brothels. Fool was assigned to b. The Hell/Noir detective story we didn't know we needed *Spoilers Inside* The Devil's Detective is the story of Thomas Fool, an Information Man charged with "investigating" crimes committed by the citizens of Hell. Instead of souls being burned forever in lakes of fire, Hell is a dreary city-scape of factories and cat-houses. Low-level demons control the miserable humans, and Lucifer himself hasn't been seen for years. Fool is a worn down. A really different take on what it might be like to live in Hell M A Schultz The book was at times intriguing, at times surprising, and of course, most of the time, kind of disgusting (after all, it IS Hell). The main character, Thomas Fool, acts as an "Information Man," a member of a special team of human beings charged with investigating any incidents or violations of Hell's rules -- yes, even Hell has rules, albeit strange and twisted. Th
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.
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. “Original, tense, and full of great twists, this is one hell of a great read.” —Hugh Howey, author of WOOL“Damned good. Naturally, I loved it.” —Chelsea Cain, be