{"product_id":"hells-detective-isbn-9781683311713","title":"Hell's Detective","description":"Kat Murphy is a private detective tortured by demons. Real ones. She is serving a death sentence in Lost Angeles, the dark and depraved city in Hell where a beast known as a Torment forces her to relive, night after night, the moment she killed her lover and put a bullet in her own skull.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKat longs to make amends for her sins. So when the city's Chief Administrator hires her to retrieve a stolen box with a mysterious power, offering to call off her Torment in return, she gets the chance to do just that.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut if Kat has learned one thing, it's that every case has a wrinkle. As she trawls drug dens, casinos, and fighting pits in search of the thief, she discovers that both box and city contain secrets darker than she could ever have imagined. And with time running out, Kat must choose between her own desire for peace and the fate of the world above in \u003ci\u003eHell's Detective\u003c\/i\u003e, the electrifying new mystery from award-winning author Michael Logan.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eHell’s Detective\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"More fun than a barrel of flying monkeys. A fiendishly clever mash-up of noir and horror with a soupçon of hard-boiled humor. Set in a superbly realized corner of hell known as Lost Angeles, Logan has delivered a helluva great read.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Eric Van Lustbader, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAny Minute Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I took \u003ci\u003eHell’s Detective\u003c\/i\u003e down to the beach. It was a perfect splash of shade on a sunny day. Michael Logan has created a sinfully good noir mystery. Think Raymond Chandler meets Stephen King. Highly recommended!\"\u003cbr\u003e—Rebecca Cantrell, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] entertaining mystery...Logan has a knack for crating lines that will gratify noir fans.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Logan creates a world of the dead rich with details.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Logan’s vision of hell is violent, gritty, and filled with evil. Incorporated into an action-packed mystery, this extreme universe should delight fans of Simon R. Green or Jim Butcher’s ’Dresden Files.’\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Logan takes readers on a dark-comedy tour of a Hell beyond our wildest dreams with this unpredictable detective novel.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a most entertaining novel with a definitely unique plot...It’s an unusual and imaginative story with some creative viewpoints about guilt, punishment, and redemption, and some mythological references thrown in for good measure...Hell’s Detective is an enjoyable story with a surprisingly happy ending for a narrative set in hell. Kudos to author Logan for an inventive approach to an age-old subject.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Intriguing, action-packed.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMystery Scene Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is a fun read and is well written and put together well. A mystery that is a little naughty on the side...Regardless if you are a die-hard horror fan or a fantasy fan you will love this book...If you’re looking for a new kind of mystery, check out award-winning author Michael Logan.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNight Owl Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A helluva romp...an action-packed ripsnorter pounded out in big pulpy strokes that makes me hope the author visits our genre again.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Thrilling Detective\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Logan\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning Scottish writer. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Cow\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Terry Pratchett First Novel Prize, and he as since published the sequel, \u003ci\u003eWorld War Moo\u003c\/i\u003e, in addition to an unrelated standalone novel, \u003ci\u003eWannabes\u003c\/i\u003e, and several works of short fiction which have appeared in publications such as \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChapman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnderground Voices\u003c\/i\u003e.During his time as a foreign correspondent, Logan lived in Scotland, France, Bosnia, Hungary, Switzerland and Kenya, and he has also reported from many other countries, including South Sudan, Somalia, South Africa, and other places that don’t begin with an ’S’. He currently lives in Rome, Italy, and is married with three young children. He likes books, fencing, guitars and cheese.","brand":"Crooked Lane Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299945173221,"sku":"NP9781683311713","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781683311713.jpg?v=1767728918","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/hells-detective-isbn-9781683311713","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}