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Garrett Takes the Case (Garrett, P. I.) ReviewThis volume collects books 4-6 in the Garrett "saga", for want of a better word. This is some of the best of the Garrett years, offering different writing styles and character development aplenty.Old Tin Sorrows is the fourth Garrett PI novel, and perhaps the best of them. This is a surprise, and it may be that Sorrows is simply the most memorable, as it differs significantly from the all other Garrett stories. It is a whodunit, with essentially no Dead Man, and Garrett off on a nearly deserted country estate for basically the entire book. There is a single, central mystery and while Morley Dotes makes an appearance, there is not a large supporting cast of offsiders - only suspects in a murder case.
The plot is reminiscent of Agatha Christie's "And then there were none" with Garrett called in to investigate a suspected poisoning by his old marine boss. Then people start dying one by one, and there is a (beautiful, female) ghost, a half-senile troll cook, and a bunch of battle scarred soldiers each dealing with his surviving the war in the Cantard in his own special way. Questions of motive and opportunity abound, and magic only adds a further complication.
Despite the lack of the Dead Man, and TunFaire, this really works. Its nice to see Garrett all on his lonesome, and thinking for himself (or trying to). If not the best, then Old Tin Sorrows is the most distinctive Garrett novel, and an example of the range and quality of Glen Cook as a writer.
Dread Brass Shadows is the 5th Garrett novel, and notable for a number of reasons as part of the continuing Garrett saga. With the hindsight of having read all 13 (at as publication of this collection) volumes, this book ends the chapter of Garrett's life as a freelancer untroubled by the bigger questions. After this, TunFaire is a different place for Garrett - and he is making a difference, not that he often sees it. This puts the excellent self-contained whodunit plot of Old Tin Sorrows behind Garrett, with the result we get to see a lot more of the Dead Man this time around - and Garrett perhaps starting to grow up.
As far as this story goes, it has Garrett dealing with a trio of redheads, introduces the unique Winger as a female version of Garrett himself, further develops the deadly Crask and Sadler, and in all this he is trying to track down a evil sorcerous book that allows the reader to change into anyone else, and as a result has thrown TunFaire - especially the nastier bits - into chaos.
Not to mention, this is personal now, since someone tries to kill Tinnie Tate in the first few pages of the book: Tinnie may not be Garrett's girlfriend - or, anyway, not the only one - but putting a knife in her back is a fast way to get on Garrett's bad side.
Dread Brass Shadows is another fine instalment the Garrett PI cycle. There is humor, pretty redheaded girls, uneasy alliances of conveniance, and innumerable shades of grey to consider. The characters we know and love (and those we don't love, too) are developing as people. There are no cardboard cutouts in Glen Cook's writing, and the people you think you know tend to surprise you a little at times.
Red Iron Nights -book 6- is a new beginning for Garrett. Crime Lord Chodo Contague is (involuntarily) semi-retired, and it is no longer a constant worry to Garrett to be thought his associate. On the other hand, Crask and Sadler now appear to be running the underworld, and that's not necessarily for the better, either. But it turns out that Chodo has a beautiful, crazy, daughter, who could really use a knight-in-shabby-armour to lend a hand.
Garrett is retained by the forces of law and order (as far as such things go in TunFaire) to investigate a Jack-the-Ripper like serial killer. As it turns out, the serial killer is more than he seems at first glance - there is an ancient curse involved, with magical glowing butterflies. There is also a mad street preacher, and things are beginning to change in TunFaire now. Maybe that's due to Garrett, indirectly.
So there is a killer to be caught, a mystery to solve, a pretty girl to rescue, and a pair of psychopathic killers to run out of town. That all sounds like a good day's work. As always, Garrett is on the case, and as always, TunFaire is a wonderfully set stage on which he can walk, stumble, trip, and fall. To top things off, the book ends with Morley Dotes thinking that Garrett could use a talking parrot as a new pet.
For any lover of genre fiction, whether fantasy, detective story, or anything else, the Garrett PI series is a must read.Garrett Takes the Case (Garrett, P. I.) Overview
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