Unholy Magic
Unholy Magic is a superlative second book in the ?Downside? series. The relationship between Church Debunker Chess Putnam and ?Downside? enforcer Terrible escalates with every passing page of revelation. The drug withdrawal scene Chess suffers through when shut in by a snowstorm during a haunting investigation ranks as one of the most intense emotional scenes I?ve ever read. Terrible?s timely arrival to save her, followed by his complete disavowal of Chess when he finds out about her dalliances with Lex, a rival ?Downside? enforcer, lead into an apocalyptical battle to end the hideous string of killings in ?Downside?. Whether you?ve read Stacia Kane?s first book in the ?Downside? series Unholy Ghosts or not, Unholy Magic is a standalone masterpiece of triumph in a world so grim as to be unbearable.
