Matt Cahill comes to L.A. because of a photo in a newspaper. A man that had been found eviscerated. But the photo of him showed tattoos on his arms and one was of Mr. Dark.
At the place where the man worked, he finds vicious fighting matches between women. Most of the people watching have those things only he can see, the evil in folks. These aren’t as gone as most, just pustules leaking around their necks. But it tells Matt that something very bad is coming. Then he breaks up a fight between a young woman, Stacy Barnett, and three of the head man’s stooges.
Stacy is looking for her friend, and more, that took the invite to fight and had gone missing.
Matt is drawn into a world of underground fighting, seemingly orchestrated by Mr. Dark, just another in the evil entity’s taunting of Matt and his efforts to stop the evil.
Another fine chapter in the Dead Man saga, this one written by Christa Faust, a fine writer.
Liked this one a lot.
The official release date is tomorrow, September 18th, but it seems to be already available.
I have two of her HCC books, which I still haven’t read. Maybe this will give me a push.
I’ve read a couple of her short stories, I think. but nothing longer
She has a book called HOODTOWN that I love. MONEY SHOT is also a good read. I’m looking forward to this, though I have some catching up to do. I’ve read the first six DEAD MAN books so far. James Reasoner’s offering is a good one, and Bill Crider has one in the 3-pack I have queued up to read next.
Read them in order please, Chris. Christa’s book can be read alone, but has a spoiler or two in references to a few of the earlier books.