I really like this series of fantasy noir.
Fetch Phillips was a private eye in Sunder city – once home to all manner of magical creatures but now since the event that Fetch is at least partly responsible for that removed all magical power from the world, these creatures at best must find new ways to live and at worst sicken and die. Currently Fetch has turned his back on sleuthing to run his friend’s abandoned café and spends his days making coffee and bacon rolls. When he shelters some young people from corrupt policemen the café gets drawn into a youth culture of rebellion and blurred lines between good and bad and going too far.
Fetch is irascible but good hearted and filled with guilt and a desire to do the right thing and support the oppressed and can’t resist following clues to get to the heart of things. The book ends on something of a cliff hanger tease which leaves me eager for the next instalment.
Sarah Wray Writer 