4-13-08 Hex and the City by Simon R. Green - Fiction

5 - Well now we get down to it: the origins of the Nightside and John Taylor's mother. Lady Luck hires John to discover and report to her on the origins of the Nightside. Her payment is the truth about his mother. John chooses two individually frightening helpers for this case: Madman, a scientist who has seen the true reality which drove him crazy, and the Sinner, who's not welcome in Heaven or Hell. Along for the ride is Sinner's true love, Pretty Poison, a succubus and the reason for his unique status. A great ride through new and familiar places in the Nightside.