Underwood shines in his first Lost Falls chronicle, his evident skill as a mystery writer coming to the fore as he weaves a tapestry rife with colorful characters and impossibly tangled threads. Far from just another supernatural tale, Cunning Devil is a triumphant proclamation written in iron and blood: Ozzy Turner is here to stay.
Underwood has found a gem of a narrator in Gary Bennett, whose somber tones deliver the cunning man’s thoughts with grave precision. Each new twist will have you feeling every which way as you, along with Ozzy, set yourself on a harrowing journey to discover just what’s going on in Lost Falls—and how to combat the slew of otherworldly forces that have conspired to spell destruction for a cunning man, his town, and what lies beyond…