This is the fourth book in the Felix Castor series and it’s a series which just improves with each book. The storyline weaves in some of Castor’s backstory but moves him forward too, fighting a present day demon. The plot is fast paced yet intricate with strands going off in different directions until Carey brings them all neatly back together without it feeling forced or drawn out. Carey’s background is in comics and it shows too, with biting prose and scintillating dialogue delivered dry and dead pan... with some laugh out loud moments. I absolutely loved this and I’m really looking forward to the fifth book in a few months time. ( )

Felix Castor is a bit of a bastard. The sarcastic exorcist tends to rub everyone up the wrong way at the best of time.

Now he's in the frame for the murder of an old acquaintane on a squalid London estate that seems on the boiling point of violence. Is it demon possession that is driving everyone insane or is it sopmething else. To clear himself and banish the demon he will have to delve into his past and confront his own demons with the help of his usual entourage (Nicky the undead researcher, Juliet the succubus and Rafi his friend with the Demonic passenger) and some old enemies and family.

It's a world wind tour of the seedier side of London packed full of action, but it really pays off some of the ongoing plots from the previous books and ends with some shocking revelations that will have a huge impact on Felix's view of the world and the plot of the next book.

It's a hell of a good book. ( )