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The Cadaver Client (2009)

by Frank Tuttle(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1605048488 (ISBN13: 9781605048482)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Samhain Publishing

series

Markhat

review 1: I've been finding a lot of the private eye fantasy books lately. This one is a keeper. The right amount of smart-alec hero with a story that maintains a good pacing throughout and interesting characters I look forward to seeing in other books in the series.Frank Tuttle is an author I'm glad I've found. And I love his About the Author blurbs in the books as well. I like this author's sense of humor.
review 2: Finally! This novella opened the way the first story should have (in my opinion). We finally get an explanation of what exactly a finder is (someone who is paid to find things, not a magical skill, just a job title) and a little background on Markhat. I'm interested in this world and this character, but so far, the stories just aren't pulling me in, and I... more'm not really sure why. Even four stories into this world with these same characters, I don't feel like I really know any of them. I haven't gotten to see into any of their heads, know their motivations, know their feelings, etc. Markhat is a smartass, which is fun, but...I still don't know him.I'd like to see some more background for this world - what is the War, why is there a curfew, etc.Also, something bothered me a lot about this book - there is no mention whatsoever of Darla from the previous book. It's a pet peeve of mine when the "hero" of a series of books gets a different girl in each book with no mention of the previous one(s). Not that Markhat is some ladies man - he has no love interest at all in the first two stories, and there's not really one in this either, although there's some flirting and a date at the end. This might not bother other people.Still...I'd really give this store more of a 2.5...inching towards 3 than a solid 2 because I did feel like it improved in some of the areas that bothered me about the previous Markhat stories. less

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