Just started an odd one – Clockwork City by Paul Crilley. It was a title which popped up when I searched for novels about the Fae and the Glamour. Hmm. I suppose a quick way to describe it is as a Rivers of London type done on a big Hollywood film budget. Many similarities; young London Met’ detective, spirit guide dog (with very foul mouth). An Action Movie of a book. Bit too violent – not against violence per se, cf Polanski’s Macbeth, brilliant if very gory! This story just has a bit too many people and beings blowing up, losing heads, hearts ripped out etc. Fair cliche collection too, missing daughter, history of mental health issues and so on. More opinion later…
Crilley is a also a comic writer and fan, mentions 2000AD a couple of times so he can’t be all bad!