[Review] Nightingale's Lament by Simon R. Green

Nightingale's Lament
Nightside #3
Simon R. Green
April 27th, 2004
Ace
244 pages

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In the Nightside, the hidden heart of London where it's always 3 AM, Detective John Taylor must find an elusive singer known as The Nightingale. Her silken voice has inexplicably lured many a fan to suicide--and Taylor is determined to stop her, before the whole neighborhood falls under her trance. But to catch the swift-winged Nightingale, he'll have to hear the deadly music--and survive.

 "Taylor is the name. John Taylor....My card says I'm a detective, but what I really am is an expert on finding things. It's part of the Gift I was born with as a child of the Nightside - the hidden heart of London where it's always three a.m., where inhuman creatures and otherworldly gods walk side-by-side in the endless darkness of the soul.

"Assignment: Find out why the local diva called the Nightingale has cut herself off from her family and friends. I'm also wondering why her suicide-prone fans think she has a voice to die for. Literally...."

 Chris here again, I know, ya'll are sick of seeing me post, but I'm going to anyway. Nightingale's Lament is book three of Simon R. Green's Nightside series.

The book starts off with John Taylor trying to do good, and in so doing he makes one big booboo. He spends a good deal of  the rest dealing with consequences of that little slip while trying to solve the mystery that is focused on the singer called the Nightingale. Along the way you are introduced to some new secondary characters like Dead Boy. I won't even try to explain that little oddball, let's just say be sure you read the fine print when you sign a contract.  You also get to meet Julian Advent, the gentleman adventurer from the Victorian age. Seems he now runs the Night Times, the Nightside's very own newspaper.

You also get a glimpse into John's origins, as his mother comes up a few times, and the fact that somethings that would scare you or me are frightened by our roguish detective.

By the end he finds there is far bigger players behind the scenes than he could have ever expected in this case. And he's going to be needing a hand.

All in all this was a good book and has earned it's 4 out of 5 laser pistol rating. It's well on it's way "out of this world".