Description: "With the character of Fool, Simon Kurt Unsworth has crafted a hero among the damned. Original, tense, and full of twists, this is one hell of a great read." --Hugh Howey, New York Times Bestselling author of Wool "I think this might be the most whimsical murder story ever told. The Devil's Detective is relentlessly creative, fearlessly witty, and completely twisted. Naturally, I loved it." --Chelsea Cain, New York Times bestselling author of One Kick , Heartsick , and more. "Dark and luminous, compelling and insidious, The Devil's Detective is a novel that transcends genre." --Michael Marshall, bestselling author of The Intruders and The StrawMen "Hell as the setting for a noir investigation turns out to be as fun as it sounds in The Devil's Detective . Inventive and pacy, Simon Kurt Unsworth has created a world--underworld?--distinctly his own." -- Andrew Pyper, author of The Demonologist and The Damned "Inventive and intriguing--Unsworth turns a journey through Hell into a heavenly read." -- Alison Littlewood, author of A Cold Season "An entertaining Dantean spin on the police procedural... Appropriately awash with gore and bodily fluids, The Devil's Detective is damned good." The Financial Times (FT.com) "With wit, ingenuity and prodigious timing, first-time British novelist Unsworth imagines an unsettling afterlife that at times feels uncomfortably close to some of the more unbearable regions of our waking dreams...A grand, nightmarish page-turner that will have you riveted no matter how much you'd prefer to look away." -- Kirkus "A clever spin on the traditional police procedural...We've seen other novels set in Hell, but we haven't seen a Hell quite like this." --Booklist "It is uncanny how a writer can so easily create a work that revitalizes a genre and sends it in a new direction simultaneously leading the reader on a breathless chase after clues that reassert the book's place as a solid detective mystery....[ The Devil's Detective is] truly a genre bending and thrilling literary mystery you won't soon forget. Certainly my favorite book of 2015 so far!" --BookPeople's Blog (Austin, TX) "Readers of mystery stories looking to dip their toes into the waters of speculative fiction may find something to rave about in The Devil's Detective." --Kirkus, " New Speculative Fiction Debuts You Won't Want to Miss " "A layered, fascinating first novel that will put readers firmly in mind of Clive Barker as they indulge in the gorgeous detail of Hell and all of its squalid denizens. The Devil's Detective is an ambitious yet accomplished piece of work that will leave the reader not only wanting more Thomas Fool but hoping against hope that the reality of Hell isn't anywhere near as bad as the version in Unsworth's imagination." --Thisishorror.co.uk "Impressive, intricate, and imaginative....Highly recommended for horror fans, but especially to fans of Barker!" --HorrorAfterDark.com "The Devil's Detective has the capability to be a real breakout novel, one of those rare breeds of a horror novel that manages to escape from the genre and appeal to much wider audience. The balance between the genre trappings and tropes of both horror and crime is perfectly balanced." -- GingerNutsofHorror.com From the Hardcover edition.

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