Dead Man Rising, Lilith Saintcrow. The second of Saintcrow's Dante Valentine books is far more a thriller than the last. Dante gets a call from the police when a serial killer starts disposing of paranormals who had all survived the horrific acts perpetuated by the headmaster of Rigger Hall, Valentine's old boarding school. Saintcrow does angst and mystery well, while adding to a well-realised world, and continues to show that she's not afraid to kill her characters for the sake of the story. It's a laudable second entry, and should appeal to fans of the first; my minor quibble is that Dante's emotional attatchment to her dead demon lover Japhrimel seems exaggerated given the little interaction in Working for the Devil.

Read October 2006