Read Vicious Circle by Mike Carey

Read Vicious Circle by Mike Carey, the second book in the Felix Castor urban fantasy series. This is a much stronger offering from Carey than the first book. The first book starts off slow and ends with a powerful action-packed resolution. Vicious Circle is less stingy with the action and the expanded world is intriguing.
Felix Castor is fleshed out as the classic crime-noir gumshoe in this book and he is well balanced against the supernatural, the police, and the church.