The Pale House Devil

A gripping, snappy creature feature from the master of horror noir about two detectives--one dead, one living--hired by an embittered old landowner to banish a bloody cosmic monster from his ancestral home, perfect for fans of Cassandra Khaw, Charles Stross and Lucy A. Snyder.

Ford and Neuland are paranormal mercenaries--one living, one undead; one of them kills the undead, the other kills the living. When a job goes bad in New York, they head west to wait for the heat to cool down.

There, a young woman named Tilda Rosenbloom hires them on behalf of wealthy landowner, Shepherd Mansfield, to track and kill a demon haunting a mansion in remote northern California.

As Ford and Neuland investigate the creature they uncover a legacy of blood, sacrifice and slavery in the house. Forced to confront a powerful creature unlike anything they've faced before, they come to learn that the most frightening monster might not be the one they're hunting...

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128 pages

Average rating: 5.5

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Codeliusthe2nd
Sep 04, 2024
8/10 stars
“The Pale House Devil” is a short, but very fun, read. It follows an entertaining duo as they recover from a job gone awry, meeting an adversary unlike anything they had seen before. It’s definitely a story that was out of the realm of what I typically read, but it was nice to read something new and fresh. There are sections that feel extremely rushed throughout, and it would have been nice to flesh things out a little more. Still, I found this to be a highly entertaining read in the end.

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