Hell to Pay
core novel 2006 The Nightside / Secret Histories
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.06 (9,823 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441014606 |
| Internal chronology | 7 |
Synopsis
In the seventh novel of the main Nightside sequence, private investigator John Taylor is hired by a wealthy and powerful immortal known as the Griffin to find his kidnapped granddaughter somewhere within the hidden London district. Complicating the case, Taylor discovers that his own special gift for finding things has been mysteriously blocked, leaving him unable to rely on the supernatural talent that normally defines his work as a detective. Forced to fall back on conventional investigative methods and old contacts, Taylor pursues the case through the Nightside's underworld even as a growing power vacuum among its rulers threatens to destabilize the district around him, adding urgency and danger to an already difficult search.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Nightside / Secret Histories
- Series: The Nightside main sequence core; position 7 of 12 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Simon R. Green
Notes
- From the series record (The Nightside main sequence): No further main-sequence novel has been found published since The Bride Wore Black Leather (2012); a short-story collection, Tales from the Nightside (2015), exists in the same setting but is not catalogued in this admission. No confirmed major-award nomination was found for this series after a genuine search; this is an honest "none found," not an unresolved lead.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Nightside main sequence: position 7 of 12: previous Sharper than a Serpent's Tooth (2006) · next The Unnatural Inquirer (2008)
- Internal chronology, within The Nightside / Secret Histories: position 13 of 24: previous Live and Let Drood (2012) · next Casino Infernale (2013)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Nightside (novel series)
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/298106/hell-to-pay-by-simon-r-green/
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