I stopped by Borderland Books on my afternoon of errands and started reading the new book by Robert Jackson Bennett (A Drop of Corruption). It sucked me in immediately so I went and got the previous and first book in the series, The Tainted Cup.

Has anybody read his stuff? This is a fantasy world setting with a Sherlock/Watson detective duo.

Bennett really knows what he's doing - as he sets the scene, establishes the world, makes the characters breath and gets his narrative hooks into you.

Goodreads reviews: [link]

I have The Tainted Cup waiting on my Kindle after several people raved about it.

Same as Dana. Hugo finalist, yes?

I loved The Tainted Cup - the characters, the world building, the Sherlock/Watson riffs. And it is nominated for both an Edgar (which I associate with pretty traditional mysteries) as well as the Hugo. And deservedly so. I have not read his Founders trilogy but they're on my TBR pile.

Ooh, dual Edgar and Hugo is pretty cool!

I’ve had it sitting on the kindle for over a year, maybe I should bump it to the front of the queue

I think I’ve also heard good things about City of Stairs but I might be conflating titles

So many books, so little time

I read Foundryside a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it. Glad to see this one getting a lot of high praise! I just added it to my library wish list.

I Loved RJB's Divine Cities trilogy, starting with City of Stairs. Really cool setting, felt very post-Soviet, with lots of politics and magic in the ruins of empire, when the oppressed classes gain power and what does that look like. Great great characters too. Recommended!

Hmm, will have to check out Tainted Cup and also the new Guillory!

Anyone else randomly have recs? Not that I don’t have a ton of books in my Libby that I haven’t finished, already, but…