Not the best Tim Powers book I've read - whenever he sets a book in modern LA it always tends to come across as such a bland and empty backdrop compared to any of his historical novels, or even Las Vegas in Last Call. Still, it's an engaging thriller with the customary Powers clever-clever, linking spider images that transport you through time and allow you to take possession of other bodies with tarentellas but it feels slight as far as his usual stuff goes. Still, readable and enjoyable, just not mindbending.