Frank Burns reviewed Suicide Kings by Stephen Blackmoore
Review of 'Suicide Kings' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Sometimes, the 5 star books are like buses. They all come at you at once.
I have been enjoying Mr Blackmoore's work since Richard Kadrey turned me on to him a while back. Which is kind of appropriate for this one as it had a lot of early Sandman Slim energy in it. I am going to suspect this was kind of done as homage (given Sandman Slim recently ended) but who cares, it totally added to the mix here.
Blackmoore's books, to date, have been (for me) solidly entertaining urban fantasy. This however, was the purest distillation of 'tough guy urban fantasy' I have ever seen. For being a perfect exemplar of a genre I would give it 5 stars alone but there is more to this book than that. Let alone the fact that book 7 of a series should not be the first 5 star one!
This …
Sometimes, the 5 star books are like buses. They all come at you at once.
I have been enjoying Mr Blackmoore's work since Richard Kadrey turned me on to him a while back. Which is kind of appropriate for this one as it had a lot of early Sandman Slim energy in it. I am going to suspect this was kind of done as homage (given Sandman Slim recently ended) but who cares, it totally added to the mix here.
Blackmoore's books, to date, have been (for me) solidly entertaining urban fantasy. This however, was the purest distillation of 'tough guy urban fantasy' I have ever seen. For being a perfect exemplar of a genre I would give it 5 stars alone but there is more to this book than that. Let alone the fact that book 7 of a series should not be the first 5 star one!
This is a short book, ends on a serious cliffhanger. Which is totally in keeping with the total vibe. There is a whole Agatha Christie locked room thing going on as well, very deftly executed I must say. This book was just really, really good. You probably do have to at least have skimmed a wiki on the previous books and maybe definitely have read book 6 but if urban fantasy can be your jam it is definitely worth it. This book is a serious recommend from me.