I'm a big fan of Cassandra Khaw. I love their writing style; they are so poetic, even when describing horror and horrible things.

John Persons is a private investigator who happens to hunt monsters. As a monster himself, he knows how to deal with other monsters. Or so he thinks. When a young boy comes to him and asks him to kill his stepdad because he's a monster, Persons can't refuse. And he quickly finds out that vanquishing this monster may require that he relinquish control of his own monstrous existence.

This book was genre-busting: part hard-boiled noir crime thriller, part horror, part fantasy. It's a quick, short read, and I actually wish it were longer because I wanted to see more of what Persons does; I wanted to know more about the creatures and monsters that he deals with in his life. His existence as a monster hidden within a human exterior makes him a wonderfully complex being, and I wish I could get to know him better. ( )

Eldritch horror isn't my thing, but it was pretty good. ( )

http://bactra.org/weblog/algae-2016-10.html#khaw ( )

This is what you get when you merge Chandler and Lovecraft and add a contemporary edge. PI John Persons is hired by a ten-year old client to kill the child's abusive stepdad, McKinsey. Persons speaks and acts like the protagonist of a hardboiled detective novel and Khan does a get job of evoking the language and style of noir. But Persons is also an ancient monster battling ancient cosmic Lovecraftian entities - the same Ancient Ones who have seemingly taken possession of McKinsey. The result is a recent classic of weird fiction, a genre-bending divertissement rich in atmosphere and blood ... and tentacles. ( )

I'm not familiar with Lavcraftian horror. At least in the sense that I've read none of his works.
(Spare me your pitchforks. I'm not much of a fan as far as horror is concerned. Well... Mostly.)

I liked the atmosphere and pacing.
The constant need to consult the dictionary I could have done without.

FINAL VERDICT : TRY IT ( )