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THE DEVIL'S DETECTIVE
The hunt for a serial-killer. The Wire meets Clive Barker in this tense thriller set in Hell.
An unidentified, brutalised body. A cowed and fearful populace. A society on the edge of collapse. No support from the authorities. Internecine political intrigue. More defiled bodies. Lies and rumours and false trails. An investigation under these conditions would be a tough proposition at the best of times. But it's all the harder when it takes place in Hell...
THE SORROWFUL follows Fool, one of Hell's 'Information Men', as he attempts to discover the identity of a vicious killer. But how do you investigate murder in a place where death, torture, and slavery are commonplace? Or when your main suspect-pool is a legion of demons? With no memory of his past, and no idea why this case matters to him so much, Fool determines to solve the mystery. His search will lead him to the man whose roots reach deep into every circle of Hell. He will visit the darkest places where the oldest demons live, where they jealously guard their privacy, and where things exist that have no name.
Welcome to Hell, where skinless demons patrol the lakes, gardens of flame burn things into existence, and the waves of Limbo wash against the outer walls with the souls of the Damned floating on their surface, waiting to be collected.
Simon Unsworth's most recent collection is the critically acclaimed QUIET HOUSES, which was long-listed for the Edge Hill Short Story Collection prize. His short story "The Church on the Island" was nominated for the 2008 World Fantasy Award. His work has been published in a number of anthologies including Dark Horse's Lovecraft Unbound, PS Publishing's Postscripts and Gray Friar Press's Where the Heart Is. THE SORROWFUL is his break-out book. Simon is currently working on two proposed sequels to THE SORROWFUL.
THE SORROWFUL follows Fool, one of Hell's 'Information Men', as he attempts to discover the identity of a vicious killer. But how do you investigate murder in a place where death, torture, and slavery are commonplace? Or when your main suspect-pool is a legion of demons? With no memory of his past, and no idea why this case matters to him so much, Fool determines to solve the mystery. His search will lead him to the man whose roots reach deep into every circle of Hell. He will visit the darkest places where the oldest demons live, where they jealously guard their privacy, and where things exist that have no name.
Welcome to Hell, where skinless demons patrol the lakes, gardens of flame burn things into existence, and the waves of Limbo wash against the outer walls with the souls of the Damned floating on their surface, waiting to be collected.
Simon Unsworth's most recent collection is the critically acclaimed QUIET HOUSES, which was long-listed for the Edge Hill Short Story Collection prize. His short story "The Church on the Island" was nominated for the 2008 World Fantasy Award. His work has been published in a number of anthologies including Dark Horse's Lovecraft Unbound, PS Publishing's Postscripts and Gray Friar Press's Where the Heart Is. THE SORROWFUL is his break-out book. Simon is currently working on two proposed sequels to THE SORROWFUL.
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Published 2015-03-01 by Doubleday |