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A review by corvus_corone
Gilded Latten Bones by Glen Cook
4.0
Of all the sci-fi/fantasy detective series out there, Glen Cook's Garrett, PI series is my favorite. Gilded Latten Bones is the thirteenth and latest book in the series and Cook explores how Tunfaire, politics, and Garrett himself are changing over time.
After Morley is found on the brink of death and a kidnapping attempt on Tinnie is made, Garrett is determined to find out why. This is complicated when the same people try to kill Garrett with a handful of strangely dressed frankensteined zombies, an alluring woman in skintight black leather on a goat cart, and shape changing land kraken. Not to mention Garrett's arrangements with Tinnie Tate have gotten more complicated and rocky than usual. Mixed up in all of this are the usual cast of characters, Pular Singe, ratgirl tracker extraordinaire, Belinda Contague, psychotic mob boss, Furious Tide of Light, the Windwalker, Dean, the Dead Man, Penny Dreadful, as well as many new faces.
The story does get a bit bogged down and confusing just because Garrett is a bit removed from the action; much of it is told through various characters updating him on what's going on. Overall not my favorite Garrett novel but fun, I look forward to seeing how several of the story threads, left tantalizingly open, are continued. However, I do have to wonder how many more metals and alloys Cook can come up with for the titles.
After Morley is found on the brink of death and a kidnapping attempt on Tinnie is made, Garrett is determined to find out why. This is complicated when the same people try to kill Garrett with a handful of strangely dressed frankensteined zombies, an alluring woman in skintight black leather on a goat cart, and shape changing land kraken. Not to mention Garrett's arrangements with Tinnie Tate have gotten more complicated and rocky than usual. Mixed up in all of this are the usual cast of characters, Pular Singe, ratgirl tracker extraordinaire, Belinda Contague, psychotic mob boss, Furious Tide of Light, the Windwalker, Dean, the Dead Man, Penny Dreadful, as well as many new faces.
The story does get a bit bogged down and confusing just because Garrett is a bit removed from the action; much of it is told through various characters updating him on what's going on. Overall not my favorite Garrett novel but fun, I look forward to seeing how several of the story threads, left tantalizingly open, are continued. However, I do have to wonder how many more metals and alloys Cook can come up with for the titles.