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A gritty supernatural noir where a cynical detective races to stop an unstoppable, apocalyptic force from cleansing a shadowy city of sin. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Just another judgement day.

  • shadowy
  • tense
  • apocalyptic
  • noir-soaked
  1. 01

    The good, the bad, and the uncanny

    Simon R. Green

    A gritty, supernatural noir where a cynical detective is thrust into a deadly power vacuum in a shadowy, magical London.

    Shares:
    • shadowy
    • tense
    • hardboiled
    • cynical
  2. 02

    A hard day's knight

    Simon R. Green

    A gritty, hardboiled plunge into the shadowy, secret underbelly of London where legendary myths meet private investigation.

    Shares:
    • shadowy
    • cynical
    • gritty
  3. 03

    The Hanging Tree

    Ben Aaronovitch

    A wry, rain-slicked collision of ancient magic, modern police bureaucracy, and the untouchable arrogance of the super-rich.

    Feels:
    • rain-slicked
    • bureaucratic
    • gritty-yet-cozy
  4. 04

    The Devil You Know

    Mike Carey

    A gritty, sarcastic descent into a haunted London where the ghosts are dangerous but the living are worse.

    Shares:
    • shadowy
    • hardboiled
    • cynical
    • gritty
  5. 05

    The devil's detective

    Simon Kurt Unsworth

    A grim, supernatural noir where a weary investigator must navigate the ultimate corrupt bureaucracy to solve an escalating string of murders.

    Shares:
    • cynical
    • gritty
  6. 06

    Sandman Slim

    Richard Kadrey

    A whiskey-soaked, blood-spattered joyride through a grimy supernatural Los Angeles with a protagonist who literally crawled out of Hell.

    Shares:
    • hardboiled
    • cynical
    • gritty
  7. 07

    Rivers of London

    Ben Aaronovitch

    A wry, rain-slicked collision of bureaucratic police work and ancient, chaotic magic.

    Shares:
    • gritty
  8. 08

    Hard magic

    Larry Correia

    A gritty, high-octane collision of 1930s noir and explosive magical combat.

    Shares:
    • shadowy
    • hardboiled
    • cynical
    • gritty
  9. 09

    Kill City blues

    Richard Kadrey

    A blood-soaked, neon-drenched joyride through the supernatural underbelly of Los Angeles with a chain-smoking antihero.

    Shares:
    • hardboiled
    • cynical
    • gritty
  10. 10

    A madness of angels, or, The resurrection of Matthew Swift

    Kate Griffin

    A frantic, neon-lit plunge into a hidden, magical London where the city's grime and electricity pulse with dangerous life.

    Shares:
    • cynical
  11. 11

    Neverwhere

    Neil Gaiman

    A darkly whimsical plunge into a grimy, magical metropolis hidden just beneath the cracks of the ordinary world.

    Shares:
    • shadowy
  12. 12

    Already dead

    Charlie Huston

    A blood-soaked, hardboiled descent into a nocturnal Manhattan where the undead are just another flavor of organized crime.

    Shares:
    • hardboiled
    • cynical
    • gritty

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