The Pale House Devil

by Richard Kadrey

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A gripping, snappy creature feature from the master of horror noir about two detectives-one dead, one living-hired by an embittered old landowner to banish a bloody cosmic monster from his ancestral home, perfect for fans of Cassandra Khaw, Charles Stross, and Lucy A. Snyder. Ford and Neuland are paranormal mercenaries-one living, one undead; one of them kills the undead, the other kills the living. When a job goes bad in New York, they head west to wait for the heat to cool down. There, a young woman named Tilda Rosenbloom hires them on behalf of wealthy landowner, Shepherd Mansfield, to track and kill a demon haunting a mansion in remote northern California. As Ford and Neuland investigate the creature they uncover a legacy of blood, sacrifice and slavery in the house. Forced to confront a powerful creature unlike anything they've faced before, they come to learn that the most frightening monster might not be the one they're hunting . . . Contains mature themes.… (more)

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This book is only 115 pages long so I didn't expect it to go long in the details and I really liked the story but now I have so many questions about the backgrounds of the characters and the social norms of this reality. It starts off with a potentially ostracizing event but we don't know the weight of it because it's dealing with paranormal characters. On the plus side, the lack of background information on the characters leave you wondering if they are good, bad, or have a hidden agenda.

The cover art is good but they really should have made the house white on the cover. It's in the name of the book and described as a white house. It's the details that really love something rather than just liking.

This would be a good series starter and I would recommend this to anyone wanting a quick read on a stormy Halloween night. : ) (

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A gripping, snappy creature feature from the master of horror noir about two detectives-one dead, one living-hired by an embittered old landowner to banish a bloody cosmic monster from his ancestral home, perfect for fans of Cassandra Khaw, Charles Stross, and Lucy A. Snyder. Ford and Neuland are paranormal mercenaries-one living, one undead; one of them kills the undead, the other kills the living. When a job goes bad in New York, they head west to wait for the heat to cool down. There, a young woman named Tilda Rosenbloom hires them on behalf of wealthy landowner, Shepherd Mansfield, to track and kill a demon haunting a mansion in remote northern California. As Ford and Neuland investigate the creature they uncover a legacy of blood, sacrifice and slavery in the house. Forced to confront a powerful creature unlike anything they've faced before, they come to learn that the most frightening monster might not be the one they're hunting . . . Contains mature themes.

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