Book #1 in The Case Files of Justis Fearsson, a new contemporary fantasy series from fantasy all‑star David B. Coe.
Justis Fearsson is a private investigator on the trail of a serial killer in Phoenix, Arizona. Justis is also a weremyste—a person with a wizard’s gifts and the ability to see into the paranormal world. Unfortunately, weremystes also tend to go crazy on the full moon—which is why Justis is no longer a cop. Hard to explain those absences as anything but mental breakdown. But now an old case from his police detective days has come back to haunt him, literally, as a serial killer known as the Blind Angel strikes again. His signature stroke: burning out the victims’ eyes with magic. Now the victims are piling up, including the daughter of a senator, and Justis must race to stop the Blind Angel before he, she, or it kills again. There’s only one clue he’s got to go on: the Blind Angel is using the most powerful magic Justis has ever encountered, and if he doesn’t watch his own magical step, he may end up just as dead as the other vics.
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Product ReviewI'm very sorry I bought this. I just stopped reading, and wish I could be paid for thke hour and a half I spent reading. The author's political leanings are continously shoved into the story, disturbing my flow. If the writing had more craft, I might have been able to keep going. As it is, by explaining that a victim's father is morally beneath a character who doesn't even care enough about his craft to study it, lost me. The protagonist has his head in the pity pot, which, by the way, is typical of the political side the author is so clearly on.
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Product ReviewSolid fast paced first person urban fantasy.
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Product ReviewSkip it. POV character never stops talking about himself. Every overused cliche and its not a parody. Just skip it.
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