The Dead Man Vol 1: Face of Evil, Ring of Knives, and Hell in Heaven
"I don't like horror novels.  I don't much care for the fantasy genre.  And buckets of gore put me off.   So how come I read two of these books?  I'll be honest with you:  I was sort of trapped into it (don't ask).  And what do you know, I loved them, notwithstanding the above.  First of all,, Goldberg and Rabkin are keen observers and fine writers.  Exposition, dialogue, plotting, description . . . they're all first-rate: economical, coherent, and convincing.  And Mathew Cahill is  a genuinely intriguing character.  And--to my surprise--darned if the books aren't  funny.    To put it in a nutshell,  I simply couldn't put them down.  No, really, I mean it.  Literally.  Once I started, I read each one through in a single night, which isn't usual for me.  And now I'm hooked on the series.   My God, what's happening to me? " -Aaron Elkins author ofThe Worst Thing, Uneasy Relations, andThe Dark Place