I was pretty disappointed with this book, but maybe my expectations were too high. I found many of the quips to be flat and the characters not that interesting. Course, I am recently discovering I'd rather watch cop shows and not read them. It's only cuz I like Castle I picked this up and it really wasn't like that show at all. I couldn't even read Castle's fictional mind into it.

Great quick read, but I'm having trouble deciding if I like it or not. I bounced between enjoying myself and Mr. Box's commentary and not quite knowing what he was talking about but I'm going to chalk that up to not being British like the book is. Still, I enjoyed reading it.

I liked the early and later stories in this anthology, mainly because they stuck out as far as themes and specific genres. The middle stories all dealt with vampires, or paranormal PIs dealing with them, and well they're okay but I personally like more variety in an anthology. I want a variety, not the same stories with different characters and similar plots. I'd say about 60% of the stories are worth reading. Don't be afraid to skip a few.

I loved Mist, about a Valkyrie, and Beyond the Pale, which is about magic border patrol, as well as Shiny which stars Djinn.