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John Taylor is not a private detective per se , but he has a knack for finding lost things. That's why he's been hired to descend into the Nightside, an otherworldly realm in the center of London where fantasy and reality share renting space and the sun never shines. For John Taylor,... read more
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John Taylor is a private detective who uses his special gift to find anything in the Nightside, but is hiding in the normal world. He's hired by Joanna Barrett to find her runaway daughter and insists on joining him in the search in the Nightside. Strangefellows is introduced as his old,... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- John Taylor: Main character/narrator
- Joanna Barrett: Taylor's client, looking for a runaway.
- Suzie Shooter: the Nightside's most dangerous bounty hunter.
- Cathy Barrett: The runaway.
- Razor Eddie: a former gang member turned homeless vigilante. The punk god of the straight razor.
- Walker: The man behind the "Authorities".
- Alex Morrisey: the current owner of Strangefellows.
- Dead Boy: Dead but still around. Powerful.
- The Collector: A man that collects precious objects. At any cost.
Quotes edit
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“Everything is for sale, in the Nightside”
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“Welcome to the Nightside. Abandon all taste, ye who enter here.”
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“Found anything for me to shoot yet?”
Shotgun Suzie Shooter
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It’s like knocking someone off a bike with a baseball bat; you never really lose the knack.
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You have to believe in dreams, because sometimes they believe in you.
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The harsh, unyielding reality of having to compromise your ideals bit by bit, day by day, just to achieve a few little victories in the face of the world’s malice, or indifference. Until sometimes you wonder if there’s nothing left of you but the shell of the man you intended to be, just going through the motions because you’ve nothing better to do.
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There’s a certain comfort to be had in finding the answers to other people’s problems, if you can’t solve your own.
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I saw myself as a knight-errant . . . but the damsel in distress stabbed me in the back, my sword shattered on the dragon’s hide, and my grail turned out to be the bottom of a whiskey bottle.
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Suzie Shooter. Also known as Shotgun Suzie, also known as Oh God, it’s her, run!
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They always say they want the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, but few of them really mean it. Not when a little white lie can be so much more comforting.
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“I knew it was going to be a bad day when I woke up to find my rabbit’s foot had grown itself a new rabbit,”
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Enochian, in case you’re interested. An artificial language, created long ago for mortals to talk with angels,
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God does so love to make a man break a promise. God, or Someone.
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Setting & Locations edit
- London: John's city.
- Nightside: the hidden world under London.
- Strangefellows: Alex's bar.
Organizations edit
- The Harrowing: a collection of faceless assassins.
First Sentence edit
Private eyes come in all shapes and sizes, and none of them look like television stars.
Table of Contents edit
1. Money Comes Walking In
2.Getting There
3. Neon Noir
4. Everyone Goes To Strangefellows. If They Know Whats Good For Them
5. The Harrowing
6. Storming The Fortress
7. Where The Really Wild Things Are
8. Time Out At The Hawk's Wind Bar & Grill
9. A House On Blaiston Street
10. In The Belly Of The Beast
11. All Masks Thrown Aside
Epilogue
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 13 in Nightside. (standard series)
Followed by Agents of Light and Darkness.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Simon R. Green (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Jonathan Barkat (Cover Artist)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Ace
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0441010652
Page Count: 240
Publisher: Ace
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0441010652
Page Count: 240
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- Dewey: 813
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