Can You Recommend Fantasy-Detective Works with a Film Noir Flavor?
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TheAuldGrump
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Dead Witch Walking and The Good, the Bad, & the Undead both by Kim Harrison.
Not quite noir - Ghosts in the Snow by Tamar Siler
For a pretty amusing bad attempt try Dragon Precinct. Cops in a fantasy city... does not work all that well as either a mystery or as a fantasy.
But good in places.
The Auld Grump
Not quite noir - Ghosts in the Snow by Tamar Siler
For a pretty amusing bad attempt try Dragon Precinct. Cops in a fantasy city... does not work all that well as either a mystery or as a fantasy.
But good in places. The Auld Grump
I just read one of the Harry Dresden novels and I really wasn't very impressed. If you are looking for "Fantasy Detective in Modern World", the Laurel K Hamilton books are much better. The Dresden book struck me as being a "Derleth Cthulhu" story, it apes the form and the style, while completely missing the flavor and quality.
WayneLigon
Adventurer
The Dresden Files RPG is coming, as well. I just started the latest book, Dead Heat, and it's shaping up to be just as good as the rest of the series. I find it tremendously amusing that Harry games regularly with a bunch of vigilante werewolves.
Stalking the Unicorn is very good, as well.
The Hawk and Fisher books are fairly well done. Dragon Precinct.. can't get into it.
Green's Nightside books are very good; haven't read the latest, though.
You might want to look at the Madrox trade paperback. Jamie Madrox, formerly Madrox the Multiple Man who was Moira's assistant, has set himself up as a private eye in NYC. He uses his ability to create duplicates of himself to solve crimes.
Similarly, the Powers series deals with police detectives in a world of superheroes.
Tanya Huff's Victory Nelson series; Toronto policewoman Victoria Nelson must suddenly deal with a series of horrifc encounters, each based on a classic monster.
P N Elrod's Vampire series: Blood on the Water, Fire in the Blood, Art in the Blood, A Chill in the Blood, The Vampire Files and more.
Stalking the Unicorn is very good, as well.
The Hawk and Fisher books are fairly well done. Dragon Precinct.. can't get into it.
Green's Nightside books are very good; haven't read the latest, though.
You might want to look at the Madrox trade paperback. Jamie Madrox, formerly Madrox the Multiple Man who was Moira's assistant, has set himself up as a private eye in NYC. He uses his ability to create duplicates of himself to solve crimes.
Similarly, the Powers series deals with police detectives in a world of superheroes.
Tanya Huff's Victory Nelson series; Toronto policewoman Victoria Nelson must suddenly deal with a series of horrifc encounters, each based on a classic monster.
P N Elrod's Vampire series: Blood on the Water, Fire in the Blood, Art in the Blood, A Chill in the Blood, The Vampire Files and more.
Pielorinho
Iron Fist of Pelor
Jonathan Lethem is a fantastic writer; I highly recommend his work, including "Gun with Occasional Music".
Abraxas isn't so much a novel to read as it is a novel to lay down and avoid--but it fits your criteria perfectly, and it won the World Fantasy Award, so obviously either it's to some folks' tastes or the author is a master blackmailer. Don't say I didn't warn you, though.
Daniel
Abraxas isn't so much a novel to read as it is a novel to lay down and avoid--but it fits your criteria perfectly, and it won the World Fantasy Award, so obviously either it's to some folks' tastes or the author is a master blackmailer. Don't say I didn't warn you, though.
Daniel
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