Richard Kadrey 
Killing Pretty 
A Sandman Slim Novel

Sandman Slim investigates Deaths death in this hip, propulsive urban fantasy through a phantasmagoric LA rife with murder, mayhem, and magic.James Stark has met his share of demons and angels, on earth and beyond. Now, hes come face to face with the one entity few care to meet: Death.Someone has tried to kill Deathripping the heart right out of himor rather the body hes inhabiting. Death needs Sandman Slims help: he believes anyone who can beat Lucifer and the old gods at their own game is the only one who can solve his murder.Stark follows a sordid trail deep into LAs subterranean world, from vampire-infested nightclubs to talent agencies specializing in mad ghosts, from Weimar Republic mystical societies to sleazy supernatural underground fight and sex clubs. Along the way he meets a mysterious girldistinguished by a pair of graveyard eyesas badass as Slim: she happens to be the only person who ever outwitted Death. But escaping her demise has had dire consequences for the rest of the world . . . and a few others.For years, Slim has been fighting cosmic forces bent on destroying Heaven, Hell, and Earth. This time, the battle is right here on the gritty streets of the City of Angels, where a very clever, very ballsy killer lies in wait.