Carter & Lovecraft, by Jonathan L. Howard
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"Carter & Lovecraft is a Pandora's box loaded with all the wonderfully twisted stuff I love, including a two-fisted homicide cop turned PI, warped realities, a mysterious bookstore, the Cthulhu mythos, a dash of romance, and creepy fish-men. What's not to love? Jonathan L. Howard knows how to show his readers a wickedly good time." ―Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author Dead Ringers
Daniel Carter used to be a homicide detective, but his last case―the hunt for a serial killer―went wrong in strange ways and soured the job for him. Now he's a private investigator trying to live a quiet life. Strangeness, however, has not finished with him.
First he inherits a bookstore in Providence from someone he's never heard of, along with an indignant bookseller who doesn't want a new boss. She's Emily Lovecraft, the last known descendant of H.P. Lovecraft, the writer from Providence who told tales of the Great Old Ones and the Elder Gods, creatures and entities beyond the understanding of man.
Then people start dying in impossible ways, and while Carter doesn't want to be involved, he's beginning to suspect that someone else wants him to be. As Carter reluctantly investigates, he discovers that H. P. Lovecraft's tales were more than just fiction, and he must accept another unexpected, and far more unwanted, inheritance.
Carter & Lovecraft, by Jonathan L. Howard- Amazon Sales Rank: #132530 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-20
- Released on: 2015-10-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.57" h x 1.14" w x 5.79" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 320 pages
Review
“Carter & Lovecraft is a Pandora's Box loaded with all of the wonderfully twisted stuff I love, including a two-fisted homicide cop turned P.I., warped realities, a mysterious bookstore, the Cthulhu mythos, a dash of romance, and creepy fish-men. What's not to love? Jonathan L. Howard knows how to show his readers a wickedly good time.” ―Christopher Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Dead Ringers on Carter & Lovecraft
“Something new under Lovecraft's leering stars. Once again we discover that H.P. Lovecraft 's tales were more than mere fictions, and so is this novel―it's a very good fiction. I'll be keeping my eyes open for more novels from Mr. Howard (no, not Robert E. but Jonathan L.).” ―Brian Lumley, author of Necroscope, on Carter & Lovecraft
“So much Lovecraftian fiction misses the point. You want to shake the author and shout, 'Weren't you paying attention?' Jonathan L. Howard gets it right and offers a delightfully original (and non-Euclidean) twist on the mythos and H.P. Lovecraft himself. Highly recommended.” ―F. Paul Wilson, author of the Repairman Jack series, on Carter & Lovecraft
“Layer by layer, Howard deconstructs the Lovecraftian universe. His detective protagonist is plunged into the heart of a bloody mystery where every step forward brings him closer to doom, and where every revelation peels away the familiar, the known, and finally, all that is rational. Carter & Lovecraft is a sleek, addicting horror novel that gleefully inverts and contradicts Mythos tropes.” ―Laird Barron, author of The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All
“In the cosmic darkness between Sam Spade and Dirk Gently, there's a nest of tentacles. On that nest of tentacles is Jonathan L. Howard's Carter and Lovecraft. You are here. It doesn't get any more weird-boiled than this.” ―Stephen Graham Jones, author of Growing Up Dead in Texas"Providence (including its more imaginary pockets of cosmic wrongness) comes to life in this pleasant mix of mystery and eldritch horror from the author of the "Johannes Cabal" series. The two engaging protagonists could easily ground an ongoing series of otherwordly whodunits." ―Library Journal"Howard’s take on Lovecraft and his influence is unexpected and somewhat unique – and one of several reasons why this inaugural title is noteworthy." ―Bookgasm
“Howard is a supremely talented writer and the Johannes Cabal series makes for superb reading. It would be easy at this point to say if you like Rankin or Fforde or Pratchett or Holt, then you will love these books, but while it may well be true it would be doing Howard a disservice.” ―Sci-Fi-London on the Johannes Cabal Series
“Genre fans will appreciate Howard's attention to world building, while more general readers will simply enjoy all the horrific fun.” ―Booklist on the Johannes Cabal Series
“Howard's ear for witty banter and his skill at rendering black comedy bode well for the future.” ―Publishers Weekly on the Johannes Cabal Series
“Fans of the original Lovecraft will have their rewards ... but this series debut from Howard (Nightclubbing, 2015, etc.) shines brightest when keeping to his characters' easy banter and creepy deaths.” ―Kirkus Reviews on Carter & Lovecraft
“This refreshingly original novel updates the eldritch horrors of H.P. Lovecraft for the 21st century.” ―Publishers Weekly on Carter & Lovecraft
“Howard brings the fine writing and attention to detail (character, dialogue, environment) that he developed in the Cabal series to this new book, and his fans should follow him to Rhode Island. Those unfamiliar with the Cabal books, especially readers with a taste for modern-day urban fantasy, should also be pointed in this title’s direction.” ―Booklist on Carter & Lovecraft“In Carter & Lovecraft, Jonathan L. Howard (the Brothers Cabal series) crafts a creepy mystery in which the mythos of H.P. Lovecraft is more fact than fiction. Carter is an endearing protagonist with a dark sense of humor and distaste for private eye clichés. Emily Lovecraft resents her famous literary roots but becomes a spirited sidekick when her great-great-uncle's creations come to life. Together they make a formidable team and the solid foundation for a new series promised by Carter & Lovecraft's twist ending. Supernatural mystery and thrilling horror offer something to love for genre fans of all stripes.” ―Shelf Awareness on Carter & Lovecraft
"Surely one of the most interesting novels of the year" ―Locus
"Carter & Lovecraft is contemporary, smart, pacey -- and gets you to care." ―Interzone
About the Author JONATHAN L. HOWARD is a game designer, scriptwriter, and a veteran of the computer-games industry since the early nineties, with titles such as the Broken Sword series to his credit. He is the author of the Johannes Cabal series, as well as the YA novels Katya's World and Katya's War. He lives in the United Kingdom with his wife and daughter.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful. Challenging, fascinating and fun… I'd say, just do it! By Janine M. Steiner I will admit I've been curious about HP Lovecraft but his work always seemed a bit inaccessible to me. JL Howard, on the other hand, has been one of my favorite novelists from page one of Johannes Cabal Necromancer. Howard is highly literate, wickedly smart and inventive and just generally a great writer for anyone who likes good prose and inventive story lines. His new novel, Carter & Lovecraft is both a continuation and extension of those qualities and I found in this book that he is CLEARLY a Lovecraft fan and in fact has referenced those works in The Cabal series. A series I still follow with great enthusiasm, pleasure and joy. The man is just a great author in a time when editing seems to have virtually gone out the window and creative stories which don't follow predictable "guidelines" are usually tossed aside the way Hollywood tosses aside new movies in favor of established "blockbusters" that will generate more predictable box-office earnings.Carter & Lovecraft is both a detective story/mystery and a voyage through "the mountains of madness" as we follow the central characters while they work to suspend their own disbelief and jump down the rabbit hole in order to solve a series of related murders and deaths which seem, on the surface, to be both impossible and factual at the same time. All the while making discoveries about each other, their respective ancestors and the relationships between all of the above, "deaths" included, and the roles they seem destined to play in all of it… which is not to say there isn't some machinations going on behind the scenes as well.This is a novel with depth, great characters, a wide variety of discordant elements designed to keep you on your toes and to lead you through the web of information that Howard is so great as parsing out. You don't have to be a Lovecraft fan to read it but if you, like me, know anything about his work at all then this will probably stir you to look a little further into the inspiration for a fabulous book that easily stands tall on its own merits. I'm inclined to think this is the beginning of a new series for Howard and I can't wait to find out more about Daniel Carter and Emily Lovecraft and where they will be going from their "new" here and now.I'm hoping that this review has been sufficiently vague as to not feel like it spoils anything while also serving as the proper incentive for you to BUY IT RIGHT NOW! ; - ) Howard, as always, is worth every penny.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Great fun for Lovecraft fans and non-fans By James R. Great fun. Howard's an excellent writer (his Johannes Cabal series is tremendously well-crafted), and it's clear that he can translate those skills to a new genre. Carter & Lovecraft is something of a blend of hardboiled detective fiction and supernatural mystery, and the combination goes very well together. I think that at least a minimal familiarity with the H.P. Lovecraft mythos is probably helpful here, but I'm anything but an expert, and never felt like I was missing something. Someone who knows it better would probably catch a lot of things that I didn't.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Perhaps my favorite living author By Anthelion Perhaps my favorite living author, Jonathan L. Howard has outdone himself with this work. A slow burn in the beginning that picks up the pace and before you know it you're warping down the rails faster than the recommended operating speed. Excellent, well-developed characters, a great story, and all the terror of Lovecraft that you could hope for. If one thing stood out to me the most, it was the use of details in this book. They followed me and haunted me from beginning to end. I can't think of an example where details were used so well and in such a subtle manner. With any book of Eldritch horror, you have your known unknowns and your unknown unknowns - All I know is that Jonathan L. Howard has made a wonderful Twist on the genre and I very much want more.
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