The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny
core novel 2010 The Nightside / Secret Histories
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.11 (8,252 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 275 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780441018161 |
| Internal chronology | 10 |
Synopsis
In the tenth novel of the main Nightside sequence, private investigator John Taylor accepts what looks like a routine assignment: escorting a visiting elf safely across the Nightside, the hidden and dangerous district at the heart of London. The job becomes considerably more complicated when Walker, the powerful and now visibly dying Voice of the Authorities who effectively govern the Nightside, insists on inserting himself into the affair. Walker's motives go well beyond simple oversight, as he has set his sights on making Taylor his chosen successor, a prospect Taylor finds deeply unwelcome given everything he knows about the burdens and compromises that come with wielding that kind of authority over the district.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Nightside / Secret Histories
- Series: The Nightside main sequence core; position 10 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 10 of 12: previous Just Another Judgement Day (2009) · next A Hard Day's Knight (2011)
- Internal chronology, within The Nightside / Secret Histories: position 19 of 24: previous From a Drood to a Kill (2015) · next Dr. DOA (2016)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Nightside (novel series)
- https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/simon-green/the-good-the-bad-and-the-uncanny/9781848669437/
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