Dead To Me
by:
Anton Strout (author)
A new urban fantasy featuring a man working on the right side of law-with talents that come from left field. Psychometry-the power to touch an object and divine information about its history-has meant a life of petty crime for Simon Canderous, but now he's gone over to the good side. At New...
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A new urban fantasy featuring a man working on the right side of law-with talents that come from left field. Psychometry-the power to touch an object and divine information about its history-has meant a life of petty crime for Simon Canderous, but now he's gone over to the good side. At New York's underfunded and (mostly) secret Department of Extraordinary Affairs, he's learning about red tape, office politics, and the basics of paranormal investigation. But it's not the paperwork that has him breathless. After Simon spills his coffee on (okay, through) the ghost of a beautiful woman- who doesn't know she's dead-he and his mentor plan to find her killers. But Simon's not prepared for the nefarious plot that unfolds before him, involving politically correct cultists, a large wooden fish, a homicidal bookcase, and the forces of Darkness, which kind of have a crush on him.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780441015788 (0441015786)
Publish date: February 26th 2008
Publisher: Ace
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Series: Simon Canderous (#1)
This is an interesting read. Simon Canderous used to be a petty thief, he's a psychometrist who now works for New York's underfunded and mostly secret Department of Extraordinary Affairs. He finds himself involved in a murder mystery when he spills coffee through a ghost. Things turn into a rol...
This is an interesting read.Simon Canderous used to be a petty thief, he's a psychometrist who now works for New York's underfunded and mostly secret Department of Extraordinary Affairs. He finds himself involved in a murder mystery when he spills coffee through a ghost. Things turn into a roller-co...
I really wanted to love Simon Canderous. It just didn't happen. With a strange mixture of serious and snark the story proceeded. The reality of what was happening was horrifying, yet the tone of the characters is slapstick. It left me feeling disjointed. The characterization was just as uneven as th...
I really enjoyed this book, it wasn't some "deep in meaning" book but it was a funny enjoyable read. If you enjoy Harry Dresden and The Dresden Files this is along the same lines.
This is like the American version of Simon Green without the complexity and original characters. I enjoyed this book but it was very uneven. Sometimes events were serious and intense or even realistically funny and other times the action and characters felt slapstick and two dimensional or like an o...