• The Pale House Devil

  • By: Richard Kadrey
  • Narrated by: Joe Hempel
  • Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (11 ratings)

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The Pale House Devil

By: Richard Kadrey
Narrated by: Joe Hempel
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Publisher's summary

A gripping, snappy creature feature from the master of horror noir about two detectives--one dead, one living--hired by an embittered old landowner to banish a bloody cosmic monster from his ancestral home, perfect for fans of Cassandra Khaw, Charles Stross, and Lucy A. Snyder.

Ford and Neuland are paranormal mercenaries--one living, one undead; one of them kills the undead, the other kills the living. When a job goes bad in New York, they head west to wait for the heat to cool down.

There, a young woman named Tilda Rosenbloom hires them on behalf of wealthy landowner Shepherd Mansfield to track and kill a demon haunting a mansion in remote northern California.

As Ford and Neuland investigate the creature they uncover a legacy of blood, sacrifice and slavery in the house. Forced to confront a powerful creature unlike anything they've faced before, they come to learn that the most frightening monster might not be the one they're hunting . . .

Contains mature themes.

©2023 Richard Kadrey (P)2023 Tantor

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Interesting

This wasn’t one of Kadrey’s better stories, but it was short enough to be interesting. The narrator was alright, but there were times I had difficulty distinguishing which character was speaking. Overall, it’s fun & I did enjoy it.

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Good but not great!

Not too bad at all for a short story, I love all things Kadrey but there were a few lines that were cornier than what he usually seems to write. That was literally the only thing that kept it from getting 5 stars from me.

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Great Story Idea

An excellent concept that deserves another shot. The protagonists were great but it was too much buddy cop.

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Mehhh

The story was just flat for me. I feel like it could have been really good because it was a fresh concept but it just never picked up. The characters were not interesting and no real suspense.

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