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Daniel Carter used to be a homicide detective, but his last case - the hunt for a serial killer - went wrong in strange ways and soured the job for him. Now he's a private investigator trying to live a quiet life. Strangeness, however, has not finished with him.

First, he inherits a bookstore in Providence from someone he's never heard of, along with an indignant bookseller who doesn't want a new boss. She's Emily Lovecraft, the last known descendant of H. P. Lovecraft, the writer from Providence who told tales of the Great Old Ones and the Elder Gods, creatures and entities beyond the understanding of man. Then people start dying in impossible ways, and while Carter doesn't want to be involved, he's beginning to suspect that someone else wants him to be. As Carter reluctantly investigates, he discovers that H. P. Lovecraft's tales were more than just fiction, and he must accept another unexpected and far more unwanted inheritance.

©2015 Jonathan L. Howard (P)2015 Macmillan Audio Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Ghosts Horror Science Fiction Steampunk Scary Crime Haunted Detective

What the critics say

" Carter & Lovecraft is a Pandora's box loaded with all the wonderfully twisted stuff I love, including a two-fisted homicide cop turned PI, warped realities, a mysterious bookstore, the Cthulhu mythos, a dash of romance, and creepy fish-men. What's not to love? Jonathan L. Howard knows how to show his readers a wickedly good time." (Christopher Golden, New York Times best-selling author of Dead Ringers)

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Really enjoyed the book. Can’t wait for the second one. Nice homage to Lovecraft. Characters are interesting and well developed. I like that one of the main characters is a person of colour. I also appreciated the reference to sexual consent. The narrator could have differentiated between characters more. I almost didn’t listen to the book because in the sample the narrator sounds tired and boring. But his voice grew on me. Overall it was very enjoyable. Read the Johannes Cabal series if you haven’t yet.

Great Book

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Awesome story. Very representative of HPL. Voice actor needs lessons on doing someone other than himself.

Great Story.

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A Story that tries to be a Lovecraftian mystery thriller and fails at all three. The only redeeming quality is the performer does a passable job except that all female characters sound like southern belles.

Meh. Give it a pass.

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