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You might think that helping a friend's widow to stop a lawyer from stealing her husband's corpse would be the strangest thing on your To Do list. But life is rarely that simple for Felix Castor.
A brutal murder in King's Cross bears all the hallmarks of a long-dead American serial killer, and it takes more good sense than Castor possesses not to get involved. He's also fighting a legal battle over the body - if not the soul - of his possessed friend, Rafi, and can't shake the feeling that his three problems might be related.
With the help of the succubus Juliet and paranoid zombie data-fence Nicky Heath, Castor just might have a chance of fitting the pieces together before someone drops him down a lift shaft or rips his throat out.
Or not. . .
"Starred Review. Carey has a way with words...as well as a gift for creating a plausible alternate reality." - Publishers Weekly
"Starred Review. Readers seeking a leisurely summer read won't find it in this irresistible tale, which will have them staying up much too late for the pleasure of 'just one more chapter'..." - Kirkus Reviews
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Mike Carey got into writing through comic books, where his horror/fantasy series Lucifer garnered numerous international awards and was nominated for five Eisners. He is currently writing two of Marvel's flagship titles, X-Men and Ultimate Fantastic Four. From there he moved into novels and screenplays. His movie Frost Flowers, an erotic ghost story, is currently in production with Hadaly/Bluestar Pictures. He lives in London, England, his wife, Linda, who writes fantasy under the pseudonym A.J.Lake.
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