Book Bites
Paul Crilley, Hodder & Stoughton, R315
This is Scottish writer Crilley’s latest engrossing supernaturalprocedural. The story that started in his debut Poison City continues as low-grade magician Gideon Tau (aka London) and his demonic sidekick dog (aka Dog) are once again tasked to save the world. Haunted by the kidnapping of his daughter, London can’t stop tugging at the threads of her disappearance. His investigation takes him and Dog from Durban to London and into the magical world of Faerie. The colourful cast of characters includes Armitage the chocoholic revenant, and alcoholic Fae-enthusiast Callum Winters. Then there’s also Mother London, Queen Rat and a cast of bad guys wanting to eat them. Clockwork City is hilarious, terrifying and wonderfully imaginative.
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