This sort of scratched the itch I've had from not having a new [a:Jim Butcher|10746|Jim Butcher|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1400640324p2/10746.jpg] novel about Harry Dresden to read.

An interesting difference from the Dresden novels is that the magical world isn't the fairy realm, but instead is heaven and hell from Christian mythology.

No talking animals, I'm afraid to say, but there is a disembodied head that will probably be entertaining in future novels.

Two things bugged me about this book:

1) The main guy, James "Jimmy" Stark, finds out that people are calling him Sandman Slim about halfway through the book and we never find out why. It seems like it's because someone decided "Sandman Slim" would be a good title for a book.

2) It seems that because Stark aka Sandman Slim has been through a lot, he has to be a jerk to everyone. It got tiresome.