Sweet Silver Blues
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Our view
“Sweet Silver Blues” launches Glen Cook’s “Garrett P.I.” series with a lively blend of private-eye mystery and fantasy. Some readers enjoy how freshly it combines the two and how interesting its world is, though some of them find the prose hard to follow in places or object to how its women are written. As the first of thirteen books, it is the natural place to meet Garrett.
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About the book
Sweet Silver Blues is a fantasy novel by American writer Glen Cook, the first novel in his ongoing Garrett P.I. series. The series combines elements of mystery and fantasy as it follows the adventures of private investigator Garrett.
Reading order · Garrett P.I.
Full order & progress →- Sweet Silver BluesThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - Bitter Gold Hearts
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.4 across 61 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 29% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 6 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 7.4 | 55 | 90% |
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