Not much story movement.
Damien hops around pulling wins out of his magical hat and hand but, for all the flash and bang, the actual story didn’t move much. Also, some of the magical moments were outright farcical.
Glynn also introduces a new character who is an inspector who he coaxes to work for him to help sleuth out the case of the Keepers killer. He makes special note that she is a devout Muslim who wears a head scarf. All that is fine but after the third time where he mentioned that she’s taking care to bring her scarf, it was already old. It’s not like any of that was needed since this story isn’t religious based. There’s never been a reference to a devout Christian who has to wear a cross necklace; nor a devout Jewish person who has to wear their kippah. The point being is that these continued references took away from the flow of the story and never played any part in it.
I’ve enjoyed this series up until this book and while Glynn writing is still quite good, the story itself no long is … to me.