Hi, I’m looking for an occult detective book that gives off true detective season 1 and the supernatural tv show vibes. Like small town in America, cults, dark and gothic. Any recommendations are appreciated 🙂
Set in Helisinki, follows a police detective as she uncovers a murderous cult.
I don’t want to say more so that I don’t spoil the plot. I really enjoyed it. I picked it up during a blizzard one night 2 years ago, after reading the first chapter my dog wanted to go outside so I took him for a walk. The echos of my feet crunching in the snow as it fell around me, I got instantly terrified and turned around after 1 block and locked the doors.
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The Devils Detective by Simon Kurt Unsworth—set entirely in hell, a soul is tasked with cataloging the various ways other damned souls are tortured when a string of unsanctioned torturing gets the bureaucracy of hell concerned. Kind of like Harry Bosch set in a Breugal depiction of hell, but especially interesting to me in that we (spoiler-adjacent) never see the souls on earth or get any insight as to why they are damned. Made it interesting to me and had a cool mystery with wild demons.
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Dresden Files has a little Supernatural energy.
The Witch Hunter – Max Seeck
Set in Helisinki, follows a police detective as she uncovers a murderous cult.
I don’t want to say more so that I don’t spoil the plot. I really enjoyed it. I picked it up during a blizzard one night 2 years ago, after reading the first chapter my dog wanted to go outside so I took him for a walk. The echos of my feet crunching in the snow as it fell around me, I got instantly terrified and turned around after 1 block and locked the doors.
The Devils Detective by Simon Kurt Unsworth—set entirely in hell, a soul is tasked with cataloging the various ways other damned souls are tortured when a string of unsanctioned torturing gets the bureaucracy of hell concerned. Kind of like Harry Bosch set in a Breugal depiction of hell, but especially interesting to me in that we (spoiler-adjacent) never see the souls on earth or get any insight as to why they are damned. Made it interesting to me and had a cool mystery with wild demons.