by Warren Ellis
First published 2013
Detective John Tallow loses his partner in a Pearl Street shootout inside a crumbling tenement. While searching the building, he discovers an apartment crammed with weapons. Each gun connects to a different unsolved murder case. Someone has been killing for over twenty years, collecting the murder weapons in this strange cache. Tallow realizes he faces hundreds of cold cases that suddenly demand answers. The investigation reveals a killer who operates as part of an ancient bargain with Manhattan's old gods. This hunter sacrifices victims to supernatural forces that have enabled the city's most powerful business leaders to rise to prominence. Tallow must confront a murderer whose killing spree may be the longest in New York history. The detective finds himself caught between modern police work and primordial forces that have shaped Manhattan from its earliest days.
Genres: mystery, crime, supernatural, thriller, detective, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: ancient-conspiracy, detective-story, supernatural-elements
Setting: Manhattan, New York
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
308 pages · Hardcover · Mulholland Books
Content warnings: violence