This seventh book in the series returns us to the fantastically awful world of the Nightside, a hidden world within London where it is always 3am. Our hero, John Taylor, is hired to locate the kidnapped daughter of the Nightside's most powerful, and treacherous, family. Stunningly creative, the Nightside grabs the imagination and keeps you coming back for more in a noir detective series that really is all about the night. Since the mystery of John's mother has been solved, some of the tension from the larger story arc is missing, but the charm of the Nightside and the detective story remains. ( )

The Lilith war is over, and the nightside is rebuilding. The Authorities are gone, but Walker is still enforcing the rules, although no one knows whose power is backing his orders.
Taylor is still the toughest PI in the Nightside, although with an even more frightening reputation. He has been contacted by the Griffin, a very powerfull, immortal businessman, who has lost her grandaughter.
Taylors famous 'gift' for finding is being blocked, so he cand just Find her, he has to find her through more mundane methods. These bring him into contact with a number of old acquaintances and to places familiar from the other books in the series.
Despite being the seven'th book in the series about John Taylor, PI, this book does in no way seem repetitive. Great and detailed settings. The story is fresh asd fastpaced, and the characters and their interactions are familiar but never dull.
The story is mostly background for a mosaic of fantastical and original people and places. ( )

Back on form here as John Taylor goes back to work after the events of the Lilith War. He gets hired by one of the filthy rich guys that are left, who also happens to be immortal, to find one of his descendants.

So, John goes around turning over rocks to see what crawls out. A few of the things that do are Jimmy Thunder from Drinking Midnight Wine, the Salvation Army Sisterhood Christian Terrorist Nuns, a Hand of Glory, and a Duke of Hell.

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WHERE IS SUZIE??? This book while as entertaining lacked something the rest were always full of, John's actual life. The only friend of his we really saw was Dead Boy...and they only give me Suzie in the epilogue. Tsk tsk. But I still look forward to the next one. And they are still oddly reminicent of Harry Dresden if Harry well killed more...cared less....wore white instead of black and actually didn't get hurt nearly as much. John has the good life...and the girl. LEARN FROM HIM HARRY. Though he lacks a Bob...and I miss his young little assistant girl..she pwned. ( )