{"product_id":"corpse-light-tpb-z44","title":"Algela Slatter: Corpselight [2017] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWatch out, Harry Dresden, Kinsey Milhone and Mercy Thompson: there's a new kick-ass guardian in town and Verity Fassbinder's taking no nonsense from anyone, not even the fox-spirit assassins who are invading Brisbane in this fast-paced \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003esequel to \u003ci\u003eVIGIL.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLife in Brisbane is never simple for those who walk between the worlds.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerity's all about protecting her city, but right now that's mostly running surveillance and handling the less exciting cases for the Weyrd Council - after all, it's hard to chase the bad guys through the streets of Brisbane when you're really, \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e pregnant. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Verity \u003c\/b\u003eis the \u003cb\u003ebest thing \u003c\/b\u003eabout the book . . . she's a \u003cb\u003esurly, straight-talking, Doc Marten-wearing punchbag\u003c\/b\u003e who investigates \u003cb\u003eWeyrd-related crime\u003c\/b\u003e on behalf of the beleaguered \"normal\" police' (\u003ci\u003eSFX)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn insurance investigation sounds pretty harmless, even if it is for 'Unusual Happenstance'. That's not usually a clause Normals use - it covers all-purpose hauntings, angry genii loci, ectoplasmic home invasion, demonic possession, that sort of thing - but Susan Beckett's claimed three times in three months. Her house keeps getting inundated with mud, but she's still insisting she doesn't need or want help . . . until the dry-land drownings begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV's first lead in takes her to Chinatown, where she is confronted by kitsune assassins. But when she suddenly goes into labour, it's clear the fox spirits are \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e going to be helpful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCorpselight\u003c\/i\u003e, the sequel to \u003ci\u003eVigil\u003c\/i\u003e, is the second book in the \u003ci\u003eVerity Fassbinder\u003c\/i\u003e series by award-winning author Angela Slatter.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Simply put: Slatter can write! She forces us to recognise the monsters that are ourselves' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eJack Dann, award-winning author.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Slatter, Algela","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42043779711161,"sku":"9781784294342","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/slatter-algela-corpse-light-tpb-z44-9781784294342-32332295798969.jpg?v=1655885172","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/corpse-light-tpb-z44","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}