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Read: Dead Men's Boots, Mike Carey

The third book in the Felix Castor series (following The Devil You Know and Vicious Circle), Dead Men’s Boots picks up shortly after volume two, and there are a number of threads continued from the earlier books, such as the situation of Fix’s friend Rafi (possessed by the demon Asmodeus), although they take a backseat to the more pressing plot, which involves one of Fix’s dead colleagues (glimpsed briefly in an earlier book) and a murder following the pattern of a long dead American serial killer. Carey’s writing continues to be enjoyable and atmospheric, and I like this series, and its attendant world, more and more as I continue. I’m looking forward to reading volume four, which I also acquired in UK paperback, Thicker Than Water.