Name: The Devil You Know
ISBN: 9780446580304

Mike Carey

His long-unused services as a freelance exorcist brought back into demand by a sudden increase in supernatural activity, Felix Castor reluctantly accepts a final job, but finds the ghost in question linked to dangerous and unexpected consequences.

The Devil You Know

Felix Castor is a freelance exorcist, and London is his stamping ground. At a time when the supernatural world is in upheaval and spilling over into the mundane reality of the living, his skills have never been more in demand. A good exorcist can charge what he likes - and enjoy a hell of a life-style - but there's a risk: sooner or later he's going to take on a spirit that's too strong for him. After a year spent in 'retirement' Castor is reluctantly drawn back to the life he rejected and accepts a seemingly simple exorcism case - just to pay the bills, you understand. Trouble is, the more he discovers about the ghost haunting the archive, the more things don't add up. What should have been a perfectly straightforward exorcism is rapidly turning into the Who Can Kill Castor First Show, with demons, were-beings and ghosts all keen to claim the big prize. But that's OK; Castor knows how to deal with the dead. It's the living who piss him off . . .

A Felix Castor Novel, vol 1

Richard Binder

Clever, very involving, surprisingly sad in spots and at least a couple sections that were definitely not fun to push through. I'm probably docking it a deserved star because I wasn't particularly receptive to those sections due to my mood at the time. A promising start, though, and a series I'll continue to read.

Randy Robbins

This book was just good enough to get me to go onto book 2. I recall I wasn't super impressed with the first Dresden book. I like Felix Castor and the other characters. It also presents a different setting than other urban fantasy books in that the dead have risen in different forms and it is well-known to society. However, the story itself is a bit messy and I didn't find it that interesting. I am hoping the threads planted lead to a good overall series.