Cover of Johannes Cabal the DetectiveB
FinishedDecember 1, 2014
GradeB
GenreFantasy
PublisherDoubleday, 2010
★ Review · December 1, 2014

Johannes Cabal the Detective

by Jonathan L. Howard


Not as good as the first book, but still solid and readable. Still funny. I will read the other books in the series.

Publisher Description

Johannes Cabal returns in this fearfully funny and terrifically twisted tale of murder and international intrigue . . . five thousand feet off the ground. When an attempt to steal a rare book turns sour, Johannes Cabal, a necromancer of some little infamy, finds himself in a foreign prison awaiting execution. A crafty plan -- as horrific as it is cunning -- allows him to steal the identity of a government official and make his escape aboard a luxurious aeroship heading out of the country. But what should be a perfect getaway rapidly becomes complicated by the bizarre disappearance of a passenger, an attempt on Cabal's life, and an unwelcome face from the past. Trapped aboard with a killer, can even Cabal's open-razor of a mind save him? Full of twists, turns, sword fights, archenemies, newfangled flying machines, narrow escapes, and, of course, resurrected dead, Johannes Cabal’s latest eldritch escapade is a Ruritanian romp from first to last.

Where this fits · 2014 reading log
Book 33 of 2014 · the 22th Fantasy read of the year.