Dead Men's Boots is a 2007 urban fantasy novel by Mike Carey. The third in his series about freelance exorcist Felix Castor, it was first published by Orbit Books.
Synopsis
editWhile investigating the apparent suicide of a colleague, Felix Castor is hired to prove the innocence of a man charged with a murder which he is blaming on a serial killer executed decades earlier.
Reception
editKirkus Reviews lauded the novel as "irresistible" and an "extravaganza" with "prose [that] leaves the reader breathless."[1] Publishers Weekly praised Carey's "gift for creating a plausible alternate reality" and his "way with words", comparing him to Jim Butcher.[2] The SF Site, reviewing the audiobook, similarly compared Carey to Butcher, and noted that the story is "well leavened throughout with dry humor", emphasizing that although the novel is part three in a series, "readers can easily start the series here".[3]
References
edit- ^ Dead Men's Boots, reviewed June 15, 2009; posted online May 19, 2010; retrieved August 26, 2024
- ^ Dead Men's Boots; reviewed in Publishers Weekly; published May 18, 2009; retrieved August 26 2024
- ^ Dead Men's Boots, reviewed by Sarah Trowbridge; at the SF Site; published 2010; retrieved August 26, 2024
External links
edit- Mike Carey discussing Dead Men's Boots
- Dead Men's Boots title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database