Simon R Green's Nightside series

This past weekend I finished the first 3 of Simon R Green's Nightside detective series ("Something from the Nightside"; Agents of light & darkness"; and, "Nightingale's lament"--all 3 were in an anthology the Library has, so I just read one after another), which made it one of my favorite fantasy detective series.

I'd read "Something from the Nightside" before, but enjoyed reading it again as much as I did reading the other two for the first time.

What makes it a great series? Well, I really enjoy the blending of fantasy (or science fiction) and detective elements. The characters are great. The good guys are on the side of good, which is a good thing because they can be very deadly and dangerous. The villians are downright villianous and often Evil as well.

Other fantasy/detective series I like?

Simon R Green's Eddie Drood/Secret histories (the 2nd is due out sometime soon) kind of combine elements of James Bond with fantasy, which makes them pretty funny.

Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden chronicles, of course (I even liked the TV series).

Glen Cook's Garrett files (I love these because they're sort of a fantasy twist on Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe stories, except the reason that the brains of the outfit needs someone to do his leg work for him is that his body's been dead for centuries).

Jon Courtenay Grimwood's El Iskandryia series is set in an alternative Ottoman Empire where magic works.

I also like M R Sellars's Rowan Gant Wiccan mystery series.

I'm also extremely fond of Liz Williams' Inspector Chen series.


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