The Devil You Know - Softcover

Carey, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446618705 ISBN 13: 9780446618700

Publisher: Orbit, 2008

Synopsis

Rare Book

About this title

Review:

"The Devil You Know is a spectacular novel, one of the best supernatural thrillers I've read in years."--Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author

"Engrossing . . . perfect . . . an ingeniously multilayered tale."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"An imaginative spin on the hard-boiled detective . . . mixes horror and humor in a way that spells good omens for future Castor novels."--Entertainment Weekly

"Carey transcends his comic roots in this quirky, dark and imaginative tale that compels reader to keep turning pages long after they should have gotten to sleep."--Kirkus (starred review)

"Sleazy and down-at-heel and quintessentially London, Mike Carey's Felix Castor steps effortlessly into the growing field of supernatural noir and brings with him a blast of fresh, British air. Think Shoestring meets Constantine, with backing vocals from the shades of Leslie Charteris and Anais Nin. Carey's plotting is tight and laconic, and laced with shivery, understated horrors from both the human world and beyond. It grabs you from the first out-of-nowhere nasty surprise, and rarely lets go thereafter. You'll be up all night finishing this one."--Richard Morgan

From the Publisher:

Mike Carey gives us a vision of our own world through a glass darkly, filled with people and places we have been familiar with all of our lives. He also treats us to a hugely enjoyable look at what that world would be like if ghosts, ghouls, vampires and werewolves - and all the other things that go bump in the night - were real. And he does it with a healthy dash of trademark British black humour and cynicism. We at Orbit are confident that his debut novel, The Devil You Know, is the beginning of something special.

About this edition

• Publisher: Orbit
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0446618705
• ISBN 13: 9780446618700
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 513