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DI Cass Jones is still dealing with the fallout of uncovering a major conspiracy within his own police station when a terrorist attack rocks London and he finds himself called on to help with the investigation. At the same time he has his own investigation to worry about: young people are dying, apparently committing suicide - and they're all linked by the phrase Chaos in the Darkness, scrawled or sent as their last message to the world. Then he's given a note from his dead brother Christian, written before his murder: the three words - 'They took Luke' - opens up a whole new can of worms, because Cass knows immediately who They are: Mr Bright and the shadowy Network. His dead brother has set him a task from beyond the grave - to find the baby, his nephew, stolen at birth. And as Cass tries to divide his time between all three investigations, it's not long before he discovers links, where there should not be. The mysterious Mr Bright is once again pulling his strings, and there's nothing DI Cass Jones hate more . . .
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Sarah Pinborough was born in Buckinghamshire, and now lives just a few miles away, after a childhood spent travelling all over the world (her father, now retired, was a diplomat). When she was eight she packed her trunk and left the Middle East for a ten-year stretch in boarding school. The memories provide her with much material for her horror and supernatural thrillers...
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An absolutely amazing book. Bad stuff happens, people get messed with good and proper and you are left desperately wanting to know what happens next.
Read this in a day I was that engrossed. Can't recommend this series enough, it's that good.
Read this in a day I was that engrossed. Can't recommend this series enough, it's that good.
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It's six months after A MATTER OF BLOOD and DI Cass Jones is still dealing with the repercussions. The investigation into corruption at Paddington station is about to move to trial but Jones's remaining colleagues don't trust him and he's been put on light investigations.
Cass and his new sergeant, Armstrong, are assigned to look into a spate of student suicides where the victims all left the message `Chaos in the darkness'. One of the victims is the sister of a protection officer assigned to the Prime Minister and their case dovetails into the investigation of a deadly terrorist attack on London. It soon becomes clear to Cass that Mr Bright and the Network are somehow involved with both but he's distracted by a message from his brother, left before his murder - "They took Luke". Determined find his nephew, Cass decides to take the fight back to Mr Bright. But Mr Bright has influence everywhere and Cass is going to need all his wits just to survive ...
The second in Sarah Pinborough's Dog-Faced Gods Trilogy is another tightly plotted, dark mix of horror and police procedural that keeps you turning the pages from start to finish.
Cass Jones remains a terrific character. He could so easily slip into cliché given his drug habit and cynicism, but the events in A MATTER OF BLOOD have shaken, if not cowed him. Determined to deny that he sees the Glow in some people, he's gradually forced to confront the fact that there's something supernatural going on. I enjoyed the uneasy relationship between him and Armstrong and particularly the way he compares Armstrong to his recently murdered colleagues.
There is much more information on Mr Bright and the Network here but Pinborough skilfully alludes to things without clunky exposition and so that there's plenty of room for interpretation. I particularly enjoyed the infighting between the various Network circles and the different agendas at play.
There's a lot of plot with the different investigations but Pinborough keeps them spinning nicely, the murders are grisly and chilling and there are enough red herrings and twists to keep you guessing. She does particularly well at drawing them together at the end. If I was nitpicking then some of the swearing - particularly the f-bomb - feels a little forced but it really didn't affect my enjoyment and I can't wait to read the concluding book.
Cass and his new sergeant, Armstrong, are assigned to look into a spate of student suicides where the victims all left the message `Chaos in the darkness'. One of the victims is the sister of a protection officer assigned to the Prime Minister and their case dovetails into the investigation of a deadly terrorist attack on London. It soon becomes clear to Cass that Mr Bright and the Network are somehow involved with both but he's distracted by a message from his brother, left before his murder - "They took Luke". Determined find his nephew, Cass decides to take the fight back to Mr Bright. But Mr Bright has influence everywhere and Cass is going to need all his wits just to survive ...
The second in Sarah Pinborough's Dog-Faced Gods Trilogy is another tightly plotted, dark mix of horror and police procedural that keeps you turning the pages from start to finish.
Cass Jones remains a terrific character. He could so easily slip into cliché given his drug habit and cynicism, but the events in A MATTER OF BLOOD have shaken, if not cowed him. Determined to deny that he sees the Glow in some people, he's gradually forced to confront the fact that there's something supernatural going on. I enjoyed the uneasy relationship between him and Armstrong and particularly the way he compares Armstrong to his recently murdered colleagues.
There is much more information on Mr Bright and the Network here but Pinborough skilfully alludes to things without clunky exposition and so that there's plenty of room for interpretation. I particularly enjoyed the infighting between the various Network circles and the different agendas at play.
There's a lot of plot with the different investigations but Pinborough keeps them spinning nicely, the murders are grisly and chilling and there are enough red herrings and twists to keep you guessing. She does particularly well at drawing them together at the end. If I was nitpicking then some of the swearing - particularly the f-bomb - feels a little forced but it really didn't affect my enjoyment and I can't wait to read the concluding book.
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The Shadow of the Soul continues the successful marriage of horror and procedural thriller established by its predeccessor but it is also a much more sombre affair. Cass Jones is embroiled in another case where a series of deaths are interconnected by an unusual element but this time the deaths are suicides and said element is the phrase 'Chaos in the darkness'. This provides a great funereal contrast to the gruesome serial murders of the previous book whilst maintaining an overall structural and thematic integrity between the two. There is a sense that we are going deeper here, getting under the skin of this rotting world and seeing what is waiting there. Cass Jones also seems to serve as an embodiment of this reality; tired, bitter, corrupt and not at all sure what he is fighting for but he does keep on fighting and that is why we stick with him as he uncovers conspiracies that bear chilling echoes of Al-Qaeda and the Hutton Inquiry, which all lead him back to the mysterious Network, the Glow and Mr Bright. I would recommend this to readers who want a thriller that is as dark as they come and blends recent world politics with incredibly eerie metaphysics. There's chaos in the darkness. You should come and give it a try.
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The Shadow of the Soul - The Dog faced gods book two, by Sarah...
This book is a worthy sucessor to the first book (a matter of blood) as the story progresses & you learn more about the protagonist (Cassius) & his family. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Jurasik
Superb follow up to a Terrific previous novel
The follow up to last years brilliant A Matter of Blood, this has Cass Jones investigating a series of bizarre teen suicides amidst the backdrop of a series of horrendous terrorist... Read more
Published 9 months ago by P. N. Hussey
More blood
This is a superb follow-up to A Matter Of Blood: The Dog-Faced Gods Trilogy If you haven't read that yet I'd strongly urge you to - and warn that there are mild spoilers about that... Read more
Published 13 months ago by D. Harris
Gripping second instalment
Sarah's second outing in her Dog Faced Gods series and one that is swiftly proving that no matter how well you think you know the world there's always someone somewhere who seek to... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Gareth Wilson - Falcata Times Blog
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