The City in These Pages (Hardcover) by John Grant

FIRST EDITION - GOOD CONDITION

A NOVELLA by John Grant
CATEGORY Crime/Horror
COVER ART Vincent Chong
INTRODUCTION David Langford
PUBLICATION DATE 2008
PAGES 68

ABOUT THE BOOK

City Hall is on Lewis-and-Clark Street, so it was the 14th Precinct that got the call, & very soon the 14th Precinct, in the persons of Detective Sergeants Moto & Pincus, was on the spot, bending down & looking into the car at the condom-shrouded figure of Ratty Scarlatti but not touching anything because the m.o. & the scene-of-crime crew hadn't gotten here yet, being stuck in the traffic jam on Eighth thanks to the burst sewer there . . .

It might seem like just another case for the gallant boys of the 14th but, as the days progress & Moto (look, just don't make any jokes about his name, okay?) & Pincus delve deeper, the body count rises inexorably, with each murder reaching a new height of ludicrous surrealismif not downright impossibility. It seems there's an avenger on the loose in the enigmatic city.

Yet is the unknown perpetrator truly seeking vengeance. Or are there operators moving at an even deeper level than reality?