{"id":2231,"date":"2011-02-05T21:13:52","date_gmt":"2011-02-06T02:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2017-01-08T15:08:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-08T20:08:19","slug":"sweet-silver-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2231","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Silver Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sweet Silver Blues<\/a><\/em> (1987) Glen Cook<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This was the second book I read on the Nook, but unlike the first, this is available in paper format, so if you don’t have an e-reader, you aren’t out of luck.<\/p>\n

Garrett is a private investigator and hero (read: survivor) of the Cantard wars. When a friend and fellow veteran turns up dead, Garrett is asked to investigate the primary recipient of his friends fortunes–a woman who may well be in the Cantard war zone, a place where no one–human, elf, or gnome–wants to go.<\/p>\n

It was a fun read, but then I’m particularly fond of hard boiled mysteries, and fantasy pastiches of hard boiled mysteries are even better.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by ROC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sweet Silver Blues (1987) Glen Cook This was the second book I read on the Nook, but unlike the first, this is available in paper format, so if you don’t have an e-reader, you aren’t out of luck. Garrett is a private investigator and hero (read: survivor) of the Cantard wars. When a friend and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-mystery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-zZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2320,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2320","url_meta":{"origin":2231,"position":0},"title":"Cold Copper Tears","author":"Michelle","date":"April 3, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Cold Copper Tears (1988) Glen Cook Garrett isn't looking to take any work. 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