Books like Mean Streets by Jim Butcher
Mean Streets gathers four bestselling authors for a single volume of dark, supernatural mystery. Jim Butcher’s hard‑boiled hero faces his most perilous case yet. Simon R. Green delivers a noir adventure with Nightside’s John Taylor. Kat Richardson’s Greywalker dives into a curse‑ridden investigation, while Thomas E. Sniegoski presents a fallen‑angel detective embroiled in a century‑old murder mystery. The stories share a gritty mood, occult elements, and the thrill of unresolved secrets in the urban night.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: General Fiction/Anthologies
Authors: Jim Butcher
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