Scar NightSuspended by chains over a seemingly bottomless abyss, the ancient city of Deepgate is home to a young angel, an assassin, and a psychotic murderer hungry for revenge or redemption. But soon a shocking betrayal will unite all three in a desperate quest. The last of his line, Dill is descended from legendary Battle archons who once defended the city. Forbidden to fly and untrained even to wield the great sword inherited from his forebears, he has

Greg has suffered a loss so heavy that he is in danger of giving up on life before he even gets going

There's a stowaway passenger on board - Lane's gorgeous wife Victoria - who decides to join the party

family secrets

In an ordinary town

when the People

But if it's a cock-up

So when he returns to his house

with war and rebellions breaking out on many fronts

Pazel the tarboy gifted and cursed by his mother's spell and a small band of Ixchel

is found murdered

in the case of Mrs Death

The best crime novel you'll read this year