Something from the Nightside

Simon R. Green

May 2003 · A Nightside Book Book 1 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

Taylor is the name, John Taylor. My card says I’m a detective, but what I really am is an expert on finding lost things. It’s part of the gift I was born with as a child of the Nightside.
           
I left there a long time ago, with my skin and sanity barely intact. Now I make my living in the sunlit streets of London. But business has been slow lately, so when Joanna Barrett showed up at my door, reeking of wealth, asking me to find her runaway teenage daughter, I didn’t say no.
           
Then I found out exactly where the girl had gone.

The Nightside. That square mile of Hell in the middle of the city, where it’s always three A.M. Where you can walk beside myths and drink with monsters. Where nothing is what it seems and everything is possible.
          
I swore I’d never return. But there’s a kid in danger and a woman depending on me. So I have no choice—I’m going home.

Ratings and reviews

Subpar Dresden Files imitation. I found the book through Goodreads and didn't know anything more about the book or author than the overall plot. Writing was so simplistic, I was surprised it was written by a NYT best selling author rather than a college intern.

This is a fun read. Period. This is not, too me anyway, one's entry into the classics by any means but hey I like the character types. This story develops a nice twist and kept me interested. I like sophisticated reading but I also enjoy reading a simple good story. Great job and I will be reading the next one!

Fist time reading "something from the night side" It was a great read, felt a little empty at points, appears to be a good set up for the other books. Look forward to reading the whole series and recommending it.

About the author

Simon R. Green is the New York Times bestselling author of the Secret Histories Novels, the Novels of the Nightside, the Ghost Finders series, and the Deathstalker series. He lives in England.