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Markhat #1-2 & 4
The Markhat Files
The Cadaver Client
Markhat is hired by a guilty ghost to make amends to the wife and child he abandoned a decade ago – but is the dead man really dead, and is he seeking his estranged wife not out of guilt, but out of his insatiable desire to deal out a final, cruel act of vengeance?
The Mister Trophy
All the finder Markhat wanted was a beer at Eddie’s. Instead he gets a case that will bring him face to fang with crazed, blood-craving halfdead, a trio of vengeful Troll warriors, and Mama Hog’s unpredictable brand of backstreet magic. Oh, and the possible resurgence of the Troll War that nearly wiped humanity out a decade ago. Through Rannit’s narrow alleys and mean streets, Markhat runs to stay one step ahead of disaster, all the while ignoring Mama Hog’s dire warnings that this time, the head that rolls could be his own!
Dead Man’s Rain
Markhat is a finder by trade, charged with the post-war task of tracking down missing sons and fathers who’d fought in the War but remained missing after the Truce. But now it’s ten years on after the war, and about all he’s finding is trouble. This time, trouble comes in the form of a rich widow with a problem. Her dearly departed husband, Ebed Merlat, keeps ambling back from the grave for nocturnal visits. Markhat saw a lot during the war, but he’s never seen anyone, rich or poor, rise from the grave and go tromping around the landscape. But for the right price, he’s willing to look into it. As a storm gathers and night falls, Markhat finds darker things than even murder lurk amid the shadows of House Merlat.
Markhat is hired by a guilty ghost to make amends to the wife and child he abandoned a decade ago – but is the dead man really dead, and is he seeking his estranged wife not out of guilt, but out of his insatiable desire to deal out a final, cruel act of vengeance?
The Mister Trophy
All the finder Markhat wanted was a beer at Eddie’s. Instead he gets a case that will bring him face to fang with crazed, blood-craving halfdead, a trio of vengeful Troll warriors, and Mama Hog’s unpredictable brand of backstreet magic. Oh, and the possible resurgence of the Troll War that nearly wiped humanity out a decade ago. Through Rannit’s narrow alleys and mean streets, Markhat runs to stay one step ahead of disaster, all the while ignoring Mama Hog’s dire warnings that this time, the head that rolls could be his own!
Dead Man’s Rain
Markhat is a finder by trade, charged with the post-war task of tracking down missing sons and fathers who’d fought in the War but remained missing after the Truce. But now it’s ten years on after the war, and about all he’s finding is trouble. This time, trouble comes in the form of a rich widow with a problem. Her dearly departed husband, Ebed Merlat, keeps ambling back from the grave for nocturnal visits. Markhat saw a lot during the war, but he’s never seen anyone, rich or poor, rise from the grave and go tromping around the landscape. But for the right price, he’s willing to look into it. As a storm gathers and night falls, Markhat finds darker things than even murder lurk amid the shadows of House Merlat.
- GenresUrban FantasyFantasy
229 pages, Paperback
First published December 7, 2010
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September 22, 2020
Bought the kindle version hoping it would have something new for me and basically to support Tuttle's work, but it is instead a collection of the first of the Markhat stories. Markhat is somewhat like Dresden (okay, a lot), but is a war veteran, and more importantly, not nearly as sexist. It's told in an intimate, first-person narrative, set in a semi-industrial, or perhaps pre-industrial world reminiscent of most fantasy settings (àla Eddings, Jordan, Brooks, etc). The voice is mildly humorous; Markhat is more likely to suspect a con than the supernatural, but that's the voice of experience. However, he's open to beings of other races (trolls, ogres, vampires), although anyone with any sense should be suspicious of elves (I fully suspect Tuttle's poking at Tolkien tradition here). At any rate, I re-read this collection over a couple of nights because I had a fever, felt generally crappy, and needed to read on the kindle, and wanted something interesting and fun that wasn't demanding. Aside from one or two of the stories being a little spooky (he did nice things with atmosphere in Dead Man's Rain), it fit the bill.
Contains:
Dead Man's Rain. Original review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Mister Trophy. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Cadaver Client. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Contains:
Dead Man's Rain. Original review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Mister Trophy. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
The Cadaver Client. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
January 11, 2016
I really enjoyed these stories. It took a few pages to engage, but I love Tuttle's humor, his turn of phrase, his MC. I can't wait to find more. If you like gumshoes in a paranormal world, don't look further than these books. Super fun.
September 6, 2018
Three short stories starring Markhat, a veteran who opened a Finder agency, looking for missing people, or doing other investigations. It's in a world of sorcerers, trolls, ogres, revenants and other unnatural creatures. Markhat is a good guy, like a tough Harry Dresden without the magic. Very enjoyable.
April 9, 2011
In spite of occasional, jarring editing/proofreading oversights, I was enchanted. Love this series! (Now I'm afraid Markhat having a girlfriend will turn me off to it. Damn!)
September 9, 2016
A fun read, very entertaining
September 30, 2012
I love all the Markhat books - their humour and their humanity and the the understanding about what happens when a war is over to the soldiers who survive to come home again. The books are based around the adventures of Markhat a Private Investigator, his friends and the events and Gods he confronts and befriends.
March 13, 2022
What Chandler should have been
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