I enjoyed this book, much as I did the previous book in this series Midnight Riot. The things that I liked about that book are still in force. The detecting is good, and it's a nice to have a detective that works with the police, instead of around them. I like the response of most of the regular officers to the introduction of paranormal elements to cases (i.e. 'deal with this, but keep me in the loop'). Another nice element is the carry through of the people and their states from MR, it's the beginnings of a really excellent continuity that I'm sure, especially given the hooks at the end of this novel, will be really exciting going forward.

DC Grant behaves quite reasonably given his situation. As I mentioned above, Hbenefitsts from being part of the Metropolitan Police force. He has the official powers and resources ogovernmentnt databases, and the support (and headaches) of superior officers. I particularly like his response to the magic system, it's more or less the way I would do it, which is a nicplusss for me.

HigRecommendednded (but go read Midnight Riot first)