by Frank Tuttle
The Cadaver Client was more of what I enjoyed in The Mister Trophy and Dead Man's Rain. Markhat (who I realized still doesn't have a first name) was, as usual, snarky, smart, and in possession of a strong sense of justice, and the mystery itself was interesting. Unfortunately, some of the things I d...
What The Markhat Series Aren't:No overlong, flowery, adverby descriptions; no page-long information dumps describing how this magic system works or the world topography from east to west; no excessively snarky voice that disturbs the emotional balance, destroying both tension and compassion. They do...