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A gritty, sarcastic descent into a haunted London where the ghosts are dangerous but the living are worse. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Devil You Know.
- shadowy
- noir-ish
- gloomy
- atmospheric
- dread-tinged
- 01
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.
- 02
The boy on the bridge
M. R. Carey
A claustrophobic, deeply empathetic journey through a ruined world where humanity's survival rests on the shoulders of an outcast child.
- 03
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.
- 04
The devil rides out
Dennis Wheatley
A tense, high-stakes descent into occult horror where the bonds of friendship are tested against the ultimate forces of darkness.
- 05
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman
A darkly whimsical plunge into a grimy, magical metropolis hidden just beneath the cracks of the ordinary world.
- 06
Just another judgement day
Simon R. Green · 2009
A gritty supernatural noir where a cynical detective races to stop an unstoppable, apocalyptic force from cleansing a shadowy city of sin.
- 07
Wicked Gentlemen
Ginn Hale
A dark, supernatural descent into a world of gilded corruption and dangerous temptations, anchored by a tense alliance between a desperate captain and a demonic outcast.
- 08
Haunted
Kelley Armstrong
A snarky, action-packed romp through a gritty afterlife with a morally gray witch who will do anything for her daughter.
- 09
Inferno
Mike Care
A Machiavellian chess match played with cosmic stakes, where the sharpest weapon is a silver tongue.
- 10
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.
- 11
Prosper's Demon
K. J. Parker
A delightfully cynical plunge into the grimy business of exorcism, led by a narrator who might just be worse than the demons he hunts.
- 12
Red sepulchre
Mike Carey
A gritty, shadow-drenched descent into occult horror where a cynical antihero's past mistakes come back to slaughter his present.
