Books – Sympathy for the Devil

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The third Morris and Chastain Investigation is more of a standalone than the first two which formed a duology, really. A demon wants tobecome president of the US, and another bunch of demons want to stop him. Morris and Chastain end up investigating and runnning into the spoiler team the opposing demons sent along as well as the possessed presidential candidate. Given the slate running for the Republican nomination this year, one would wonder if this weren’t a lightly veiled commentary on that race, except this was published well before it started in earnest.

This has a nice leavening of black humour in it. The first two had a few attempts but Gustainis finally gets the note right in this one, I think. Again, some shades of The Jennifer Morgue, in the interplay between the revived assassin sent by the demons to take out the possessed candidate and his succubus handler (ad boy, does she handle him). Still only for dedicated UF readers, but the series continues to improve.

No crossover howlers in here.

Current Mood: Hiccoughing

Current Music: Dr Who Season 6 Soundtrack, plus Typhoon WInd Accompaniment

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