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Deal or No Deal: A Case from the Midnight…
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Deal or No Deal: A Case from the Midnight Eye Files (Midnight Eye Files, no. 4) (2020. Auflage)

von William Meikle (Autor)

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Three beers and a packet of crisps is a tempting offer for your soul when you don't really believe you have one. But when it comes time to pay up, suddenly it doesn't seem like such a sweet deal. You're going to need help, but who are you going to call?There's one man who might help, a man who knows the nature of deals with the dark side, and the ways of the old city.Derek Adams, the Midnight Eye, is on the case...Deal or No Deal? is a case from William Meikle's gripping urban fantasy/noir detective series, The Midnight Eye Files. The mysteries continue in volume one: The Amulet.Praise for the Midnight Eye Files"Meikle's writing makes you feel like you're there, in the rain with Derek Adams, searching seedy pawn shops and bars for the answers. The atmosphere is terrific, and the author knows that sometimes less is more." - The Lovecraft ezine"I encourage you to pour yourself a couple of fingers of whisky and visit Meikle's and Derek's Glasgow some evening as the shadows grow long." - New Pulp"The writing itself is crisp, filled with good description and strong dialogue. The Scottish setting, while not prominent, grounds the reader in a sense of place. The characters, while themselves variations on noir tropes, are beleivable, and more importantly, likable. All of this, taken together, makes for a smooth, enjoyable read." - Rich Ristow, Strange Latitudes"A loving romp in and out of both the Lovecraft Mythos and the noir detective novel.". - Bill Gagliani, Chizine… (mehr)
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Titel:Deal or No Deal: A Case from the Midnight Eye Files (Midnight Eye Files, no. 4)
Autoren:William Meikle (Autor)
Info:Gryphonwood Press (2020), 82 pages
Sammlungen:Novellas, Deine Bibliothek
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Tags:Faustian pacts, private investigators, cosmic, Lovecraftian, mystery, noir

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Derek Adams is Meikle’s favorite series character. Like Meikle, he’s a Glasgow man. He smokes a lot, drinks a lot, and doesn’t really try for the women. He’s a private eye with old school methods: legwork, a few phone calls, and a lot of talking to the more dubious elements of Glasgow in pubs.

He’s also a magnet for the weird.

I enjoyed Adams’ boozy, cynical, sarcastic voice in The Midnight Eye Files, the most complete collection of Derek Adams tales.

The series works best at longer lengths, but, while this is only novella, it’s long enough to put Adams’ voice in your head and provide a satisfying tale.

And it’s an old story: selling your soul to the Devil.

The usual bargain is a soul for wealth, knowledge, or sex. Here it’s three beers and a packet of crisps.

At least that’s the story Fraser McDougall, Adams’ latest client – and a well-paying one he is – tells him. And McDougall wasn’t the only who sold his soul thirty years ago in a drunken night at the pub.

And now, it looks like the Devil has come to collect. McDougall wants the other people at the party that night found (well, not every one – one’s already dead under mysterious circumstances).

Exactly how he – and the others – expect to get out from under their bargain is the story. Adams’ final solution to the “Collector” problem is typical of him: effective but not exactly permanent. ( )
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Three beers and a packet of crisps is a tempting offer for your soul when you don't really believe you have one. But when it comes time to pay up, suddenly it doesn't seem like such a sweet deal. You're going to need help, but who are you going to call?There's one man who might help, a man who knows the nature of deals with the dark side, and the ways of the old city.Derek Adams, the Midnight Eye, is on the case...Deal or No Deal? is a case from William Meikle's gripping urban fantasy/noir detective series, The Midnight Eye Files. The mysteries continue in volume one: The Amulet.Praise for the Midnight Eye Files"Meikle's writing makes you feel like you're there, in the rain with Derek Adams, searching seedy pawn shops and bars for the answers. The atmosphere is terrific, and the author knows that sometimes less is more." - The Lovecraft ezine"I encourage you to pour yourself a couple of fingers of whisky and visit Meikle's and Derek's Glasgow some evening as the shadows grow long." - New Pulp"The writing itself is crisp, filled with good description and strong dialogue. The Scottish setting, while not prominent, grounds the reader in a sense of place. The characters, while themselves variations on noir tropes, are beleivable, and more importantly, likable. All of this, taken together, makes for a smooth, enjoyable read." - Rich Ristow, Strange Latitudes"A loving romp in and out of both the Lovecraft Mythos and the noir detective novel.". - Bill Gagliani, Chizine

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