A review by shawnbilodeau
Gilded Latten Bones by Glen Cook

Thirteenth in the 'Garret, P.I.' series. It can be described as Rex Stout meets J. R. R. Tolkein by way of Raymond Chandler.  Garret's girlfriend is almost kidnapped. His best friend, Morely Dotes, has been attacked and nearly killed. Garret has to find who, or what, is behind the attacks.  No one writes gritty realistic fantasy (not an oxymoron) better than Cook.  His work is a favorite.