Bone Gods

December 1, 2010

Faced with a bizarrely mutilated body found in the British Museum, London investigator Ollie Heath calls in a former colleague, Pete (Petunia) Caldecott, an expert on occult crimes. However, Pete's source for magical knowledge, punk rocker Jack Winter, is trapped in Hell, payment for a bargain with the dark powers in return for bringing him back from the dead 13 years earlier. When Jack's help against a coven of necromancers finally arrives, Pete discovers that she may be too late to save London from falling into the clutches of darkness. The third novel in Kittredge's "Black London" urban fantasy series (Street Magic; Demon Bound) focuses on Pete's struggle to protect the unknowing populace of her city without the love and support she once enjoyed. VERDICT Strong characters make this attractive to fans of the series as well as Jim Butcher's "Dresden Files."

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