Thomas Fool Series: The Devil's Detective (Paperback)

from CaineBooks

The unfortunately too standard christian mythos, heaven, hell, all that, but with a fairly nice twist, and some interesting characters.

from m_k_m

There's a lot here to like and a lot to get frustrated by. The good: Unsworth commits to his setting, never undercutting or sending up his premise; it is impressively nasty at times. His idea of what a modern Hell would look like is convincing, its tortures understandable. The cosmology of his un...

from TherinKnite

[Cross-posted to Knite Writes] I have a lot of conflicting thoughts on this book. Firstly, I enjoyed the creativity of the world building. It painted a fresh and interesting picture of Hell as a place and a punishment, and I thought the odd bureaucratic organization of it all gave it a unique fla...

from nhalliwell

This book was stunning in it's originality and descriptions. I was amazed at the Hell the author created. It actually seems more harsher than the hell I was taught about as a child at church. The characters, oh my goodness, the characters were so varied; not just in personalities but in species a...

from AMAMUR

This is a thrilling and imaginative take on the crime noir novel with fascinating characters and an unusual setting. Matthew Fool is an information man in hell. This is a hell of grey grim monotony. The fire and brimstone is gone. Demons no longer torment lost souls. Fool is born out of limbo tas...