Garrett, P.I. Sweet Silver Blues, Book 1, (Paperback)

from Murphy-Jacobs

This is the first of a pretty darn good series, unusual among its contemporaries by taking the conceit popular in paranormal and urban fantasy and pulling it toward (middling) high fantasy. Garrett is a detective in the Phillip Marlow tradition -- hard headed, well bruised, skeptical of the world...

from MikeRhode

1st book in series, so weaker than the others.

from StigE

This is very similar to the Harry Dresden books, but suffers by the comparison. It's ok, but lacks focus both in plotting and writing.

from AHS-Wolfy

First in a series of books written in the early years of urban fantasy as a genre. The majority of those that I've been reading recently have been set in a recognisable world with just magical elements or creatures added in to make the difference. This one takes a different tack by adding the har...

from sunny_jim9

Didn't really engage me too much. Some cool ideas but it all played out pretty flat. Readable but certainly far from a page turner! That hard-boiled first-person narrative voice is pretty cliche. Even though the series has the twist of context, taking place in a fantasy world, it's still not enou...