Tremor of Demons Book

The sequel to In the Shadow of Gotham, this book has one redeeming factor: an interesting premise. Unfortunately, an interesting premise alone does not make for a good novel. The plot is long and rambling (I'm sorry, but when a murder mystery clocks in at almost 400 pages, I expect some complexity and twists). The "twists" that are in this book are so laughably bad that even soap opera writers would be horrified. The characters are flat, flat, flat, and the dialogue is so stilted that a couple of times I stopped reading, guessed the conversation, and was never once surprised. The main character - who is supposed to be a clever male detective - reads like an emotionally-stunted woman with a fashion fetish. The author alternates between anvil-style reminders that this is NYC in 1906 and dialogue and reactions dictated by modern sensibilities. The more I think about this book, the worse it gets. Not recommended.