The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold

The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold

This debut urban fantasy novel from Luke Arnold follows Fetch Phillips, an ex-army human turned private investigator living in a city predominately populated by non-human creatures. Trying to find redemption for his past deeds in the human army, Fetch finds himself hired to locate a vampire who has inexplicably disappeared. While on the case Fetch stumbles across a much bigger conspiracy at play. It took me a couple of chapters to get my head around the world building in this novel, however, the further into the book I got, the more I found myself swept up in the story and enjoying it immensely. The back history to the world, and the creation stories of all the different magical creatures, was fascinating and added an additional layer of interest outside the central plot of the novel. This book has the feel of a cross between Rivers of London and a hardboiled detective/crime fiction novel in the vein of Raymond Chandler. If you enjoy the work of Ben Aaronovitch, then this book is definitely worth checking out.

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