Dead Man’s Boots by Mike Carey
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quippeThe Blurb On The Back:
Before he died, Felix Castor's fellow exorcist John Gittings made several calls asking for help. If Castor had answered them, John might still be alive. So when a smooth-talking lawyer comes out of nowhere to claim the remains, Castor owes it to John's unhappy ghost and even more unhappy widow to help out.
It’s several weeks after VICIOUS CIRCLE. Felix and Pen remain estranged since she discovered the truth about his involvement in Rafi’s situation but must put it aside now that Jenna-Jane’s started court proceedings to bring Rafi to her institute. Felix must find a way of saving his demonically possessed best friend from a life of hideous experimentation but also has separate problems of his own.
His friend and fellow exorcist John Gittings committed suicide after making a number of calls, one of which was to Felix, which Felix never returned. John’s widow, Carla, needs Felix’s help against a solicitor who wants to exhume John’s body and rebury it pursuant to the terms of a will made shortly before John died – a will that Carla disputes. Guilt makes Felix agree to look into it and it’s not long before his investigation takes him to King’s Cross and a murder committed by a female American serial killer who supposedly died decades earlier. Felix soon finds himself embroiled in a battle against a shadowy cartel who’ll stop at nothing to preserve their power and their secrets …
The third in Mike Carey’s FELIX CASTOR SERIES is a gripping tale of crime families, possession and divided loyalties that kept my gripped from beginning to end.
Felix remains one of my favourite characters. Occasionally selfish and riddled with guilt, he does try to do the right thing by his friends. I thoroughly enjoyed his frayed relationship with Pen but not as much as I loved his relationship with the demon Juliet, who’s now happily shacked up with Sue. Juliet is impossibly cool and I could quite happily read a spin-off series solely about her. Their road trip to America was action-packed and Carey really builds extra layers into the mythology underlying his world and the details such as the effect of air travel on demons and the existence of an anti-exorcist civil rights group are deftly handled.
Carey does well at handling the two main plot strands in the story. The central mystery about John Gittings was filled with twists and turns that kept me guessing right up until the end while the Rafi storyline contributes to the overall series arc and promises a great set-up in the next book.
This is one of my favourite series and this book did not disappoint me. I’m really looking forward to reading the next one.
The Verdict:
The third in Mike Carey’s FELIX CASTOR SERIES is a gripping tale of crime families, possession and divided loyalties that kept my gripped from beginning to end. I would completely recommend reading it.
Before he died, Felix Castor's fellow exorcist John Gittings made several calls asking for help. If Castor had answered them, John might still be alive. So when a smooth-talking lawyer comes out of nowhere to claim the remains, Castor owes it to John's unhappy ghost and even more unhappy widow to help out.
It’s several weeks after VICIOUS CIRCLE. Felix and Pen remain estranged since she discovered the truth about his involvement in Rafi’s situation but must put it aside now that Jenna-Jane’s started court proceedings to bring Rafi to her institute. Felix must find a way of saving his demonically possessed best friend from a life of hideous experimentation but also has separate problems of his own.
His friend and fellow exorcist John Gittings committed suicide after making a number of calls, one of which was to Felix, which Felix never returned. John’s widow, Carla, needs Felix’s help against a solicitor who wants to exhume John’s body and rebury it pursuant to the terms of a will made shortly before John died – a will that Carla disputes. Guilt makes Felix agree to look into it and it’s not long before his investigation takes him to King’s Cross and a murder committed by a female American serial killer who supposedly died decades earlier. Felix soon finds himself embroiled in a battle against a shadowy cartel who’ll stop at nothing to preserve their power and their secrets …
The third in Mike Carey’s FELIX CASTOR SERIES is a gripping tale of crime families, possession and divided loyalties that kept my gripped from beginning to end.
Felix remains one of my favourite characters. Occasionally selfish and riddled with guilt, he does try to do the right thing by his friends. I thoroughly enjoyed his frayed relationship with Pen but not as much as I loved his relationship with the demon Juliet, who’s now happily shacked up with Sue. Juliet is impossibly cool and I could quite happily read a spin-off series solely about her. Their road trip to America was action-packed and Carey really builds extra layers into the mythology underlying his world and the details such as the effect of air travel on demons and the existence of an anti-exorcist civil rights group are deftly handled.
Carey does well at handling the two main plot strands in the story. The central mystery about John Gittings was filled with twists and turns that kept me guessing right up until the end while the Rafi storyline contributes to the overall series arc and promises a great set-up in the next book.
This is one of my favourite series and this book did not disappoint me. I’m really looking forward to reading the next one.
The Verdict:
The third in Mike Carey’s FELIX CASTOR SERIES is a gripping tale of crime families, possession and divided loyalties that kept my gripped from beginning to end. I would completely recommend reading it.
