Product DescriptionIn the Nightside, the hidden heart of London where it's always 3 AM, Detective John Taylor must find an elusive singer known as The Nightingale. Her silken voice has inexplicably lured many a fan to suicide--and Taylor is determined to stop her, before the whole neighborhood falls under her trance. But to catch the swift-winged Nightingale, he'll have to hear the deadly music--and survive.
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Rating: - Third times the charm
In this, the third installment of Simon R. Green's Nightside series, the author seems to finally relax and not obsess as much over the reader's understanding how strange the Nightside is in every paragraph. Don't get me wrong, there is plenty of new oddities taking up the pages here but it seems we are more in a groove now, going along with John Taylor, the noirish detective who lives in the Nightside, the utterly alien and magical dark underbelly of London. He gets hired to find things, since ... Read More
Rating: - Song of death
"My name is John Taylor. And if you've come looking for me, either you 're in trouble, or you 're about to be."
That striking little line sums up the general life of Simon R Green'a grizzled anti-hero John Taylor, an unconventional private eye in the "sick, secret magical heart of London." And "Nightingale's Lament," the third book set in the gloriously gruesome Nightside, has a solid little mystery at its center, filled with grotesque characters and weird supernatural happenings. Something ... Read More
Rating: - More Dead Boy please!
This is the third book in the Nightside series by Simon Green. It was an excellent and very creative story.
John Taylor is contacted by Charles Chabron to find out the whereabouts of his daughter Rossingol. Rossingol came to the Nightside to hit it big as a singer. She has signed up with some new managers, the Cavendishes, and is selling out all of her shows. Her success is coming with a strange side effect; after hearing her sing many of her fans commit suicide. As Taylor struggles to figure ... Read More
Rating: - Urban fantasy at its best
This is the third book in the Nightside series and all I can say is the series just keeps getting better. I picked up the first one in the series on a whim and loved it so much I bought the next four through Amazon. The Nightingale's Lament is fabulous. The character development is great. This book as with the other is funny, poignant and horrifying at turns. Though many of the characters our completely outlandish they have such an element of truth and realness at their cores that they are believable. I would ... Read More
Rating: - Sing a song to die for
The world created by Simon Green is unique and intriguing. The Nightengale is a great story about a "lost" singer. With demented owners and death all over the place it is up to one man to figure out and stop what is happening.
John Taylor is a private detective with a gift at finding things. Including trouble. He has a "reputation" in the Nightside, good or bad is another story in itself.
I highly recommend this series of books to anyone with an open mind.
- Third times the charm
- Song of death
