The Voice of the Nightside is dying, but he won’t let a small thing like death stop him from making private eye John Taylor’s life difficult . . .
For once, Taylor has been hired for a simple task – all he has to do is to escort an elf across the Nightside. Well, it would be simple, if Walker, the powerful, never-to-be-trusted Voice of the Authorities, wasn’t determined to interfere.
It soon becomes clear that surviving the journey is going to be the least of John Taylor’s worries: Walker is dying and he wants Taylor to be his successor. He’s the obvious choice, the one man all the inhabitants of the Nightside know – and fear. The problem is, Taylor doesn’t want the job. It comes with more trouble and enemies than he’s willing to deal with. But Walker is set on his choice, and he’ll go to great lengths to get his way . . .
The Good, the Bad and the Uncanny is the tenth title in the New York Times bestselling Nightside series by Simon R. Green.
For once, Taylor has been hired for a simple task – all he has to do is to escort an elf across the Nightside. Well, it would be simple, if Walker, the powerful, never-to-be-trusted Voice of the Authorities, wasn’t determined to interfere.
It soon becomes clear that surviving the journey is going to be the least of John Taylor’s worries: Walker is dying and he wants Taylor to be his successor. He’s the obvious choice, the one man all the inhabitants of the Nightside know – and fear. The problem is, Taylor doesn’t want the job. It comes with more trouble and enemies than he’s willing to deal with. But Walker is set on his choice, and he’ll go to great lengths to get his way . . .
The Good, the Bad and the Uncanny is the tenth title in the New York Times bestselling Nightside series by Simon R. Green.
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Fast-paced urban fantasy
Simon R. Green's Nightside series is a delight from beginning to end. . . The Nightside books are, unashamedly, all about having a bloody good time reading works that have more than their fair share of "ics." Fantastic, comedic, sarcastic, caustic and heroic are just a few that spring to mind
Nobody delivers sharp, crackling dialogue better than Green, and no one whisks readers away to more terrifying adventures or more bewildering locales
Fast, fun, adventurous detection in a setting in which nearly anything's possible BOOKLIST
Sam Spade meets Sirius Black . . . inventively gruesome
Superlative . . . an intricate and action-filled plot that seamlessly blends crime and the supernatural
Readers who prefer their gore with huge melodramatic flourishes and a side of slyly amusing repartee will find John Taylor at least the equal of Jim Butcher's Chicago wizard PI Harry Dresden
