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Chargement... Necropolis PDpar Nathan Sumsion
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How do you solve a murder in the city of the dead? Jacob Green was just an average college student. But three months ago, he ran through the wrong door and found himself trapped in the city of Meridian - a literal necropolis, concealed from the modern world, made up of forgotten places and populated entirely by the dead. As the only living, breathing resident, Jake has struggled to scrape out an existence while waiting for the Necropolis Police Department to decide his fate, and it's not looking good. But when an unusual string of crimes hits the city, Jake's overseer and tormentor, NPD Detective Marsh offers him a deal: Jake's life in exchange for helping them solve the worst series of crimes in the necropolis' history. Someone, or some thing is killing the dead, and if Jake can't figure out who's responsible, he could be next. Necropolis PD is a hidden world fantasy that combines mystery, horror, magic, and more than a little humor. This book is perfect for the living and recently-departed alike. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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All Jacob Green wanted to do was help a woman who'd been chewed upon by some kind of monster, not find himself stuck in some kind of underworld where undead, revenants, vampires, and other living dead types spend their after-lives making a living, writing plays, and just generally being people. Admittedly, they're strange people, some with some truly savage appetites, but they're still people.
What Jacob really wanted to do was go home, but the police and Capt. Radu[1], especially, are not willing to risk the city of Meridian's existence by letting the one living person who knows about them wander free. Instead, after three months of terror, loneliness, and pain, the Necropolis PD offer Jacob a job as a police detective in the hopes he can stop the murder of the dead. It turns out that Jake has an unique gift, one that could get him killed if he's not careful, but could also secure his future ...
Despite the body horror and the present tense, I really, really, enjoyed this story from the sample onward. I like Jacob, I like Detective Marsh (Jacob's erstwhile guardian/prison warden), Jessica (a playwright), and even Capt. Radu, after a fashion. I most definitely would not want to meet the good captain in person, mind you, but he's surprisingly honorable and willing to listen to a lowly human when he sees there's good reason. Mr. Sumison does an excellent job of writing both character and atmosphere, as he gives Meridian a dark, gloomy, feel and manages to maintain that feeling throughout. All the characters are memorable and interesting, but not overwhelming. The mystery takes several false turns and no one is happy with the actual conclusion, but it does work.
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[1] For anyone interested in real world history, Radu was Vlad Tepes' younger brother who shared being a Turkish hostage along with Vlad when they were children. While the author makes no claim that he equates Capt. Radu with the historical Radu in the story, I was quite impressed with the idea. I'm kind of surprised he doesn't get more use as a vampire in stories. (