Last year I praised Justin Robinson's Everyman for being completely fresh, original and, well, damn good. Unbeknownst to me, Robinson had released another novel just before Everyman, and I'm happy to say that, while City of Devils is completely different, my assessment is going to be more of the same: it's fresh, original, and damn good. City of Devils is a detective novel with all the usual trappings: a stunning blonde seeking help from a rumpled private investigator; a seemingly simple case that becomes bigger with every lead; and a journey that takes our hero to the seedy underside of a big city, uncovering corruption involving the biggest players at the highest levels. The difference is this detective novel is set in an alternate reality where classic movie monsters like vampires, phantoms, gill men and gremlins share an uneasy peace with humans. Now, it would have been easy for...
- 3/19/2014
- by Blu Gilliand
- FEARnet
Today's celebrity pictures include former X Factor judges Tulisa Contostavlos, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger cosying up during the National Television Awards at the O2 Arena in London. Also in London, The Saturdays promote their new TV programme Chasing The Saturdays at the Soho Hotel and Bill Nighy helps launch Twitter charity campaign 'If - Enough food for everyone' at Somerset House. An elegant Kate Moss dines at the Wolseley with husband Jamie Hince and brother Nick Moss, and Corrie's (more)...
- 1/24/2013
- by By Naomi Gordon
- Digital Spy
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