Black Magick is another great example of why I love Greg Rucka. If you are fan of Jim Butcher's Dresden files this is really a series for you. Rucka moves the action well and provides a gritty real world setting despite the magical elements of the world he has created. Scott use of Stark Grey's, blacks, and white with the special pop of color add to the tension of the book.

Where this book falls is in world building. The setting is a functioning backdrop for the story and not necessarily a world you want to live in yet. I think we will get that in volume 2, but that is my most major gripe about what is a really smart and we'll paced book.

Pick it up