Was there any book that you read where a twist should have been obvious in retrospect based on the premise but it still took you completely by surprise.

An editor friend of mine turned me onto a book that came out early this year Black Shadow Detective Agency: Infernal Angels. The Book is an Urban Fantasy Detective style that reads like 30’s Pulp fiction, kind of reminds of of The Shadow Mafazine stories, the editor thinks it reads like Dresden Files with out the misogyny, which is very true as well. The Book has four stories three of which are novellas, the fourth is a funny short story tied to the world as a fun piece of world building but not involving the main character though it does share various characters from the other stories.

The third story though my friend warned me is really dark and from the set up of the story you expect it to go absolutely horrific, but despite how the characterizations of certain groups had played out in the first two stories you don’t expect the twist on who the actual villain was. My friend said the twist seemed so blatantly obvious after she put it down but while she was reading it she expected a completely different out come.

I know this sounds really vague but I’m trying not to spoil the story. One thing I will point out that I came across in multiple reviews as well, as that the guy who wrote this can actually write women convincingly, like many real traumatic events too many women go through everyday are incredibly well written. Like women escaping abusive boyfriends or dealing with violent stalkers.

by Sandra_Snow