Cold Copper Tears
core novel 1988 Garrett P.I.
Record
| First published | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.11 (3,748 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 249 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780451157737 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Cold Copper Tears is the third entry in Glen Cook's Garrett P.I. series, continuing the hardboiled detective adventures of Garrett, an ex-marine private investigator in his early thirties working the streets of TunFaire, capital of Karenta, a city marked by corruption, poverty and a mixed population of humans, elves, dwarves and other fantastical races. Garrett takes on a new case in the city's crowded underworld, once again partnered with the telepathic, centuries-dead Loghyr known as the Dead Man, whose deductive insight helps steer the investigation, and aided by his half-elf assassin-turned-restaurateur friend Morley Dotes. As in the earlier books, the mystery blends conventions of hardboiled detective fiction with TunFaire's supernatural population, sending Garrett through the city's wealthy enclaves and impoverished districts as he works to unravel a case involving figures from the city's magical and criminal underworlds.
Where it sits
- Universe: Garrett P.I.
- Series: Garrett P.I. core; position 3 of 14 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Glen Cook
Notes
- From the series record (Garrett P.I.): Core Canon = the 14-novel main sequence. Fourteen books were originally published one at a time from 1987 to 2013; omnibus reissues of groups of three exist but add no new content and are not catalogued separately.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Garrett P.I.: position 3 of 14: previous Bitter Gold Hearts (1988) · next Old Tin Sorrows (1989)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Garrett P.I.
- OrderOfBooks.com: Garrett P.I.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Copper_Tears
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