Jekyll & Hyde Inc. by Simon R. Green

Daniel Carter is a London cop with a conscience who is sent with his partners to raid an illegal organ harvesting operation in Jekyll & Hyde Inc, by Simon R. Green. Carter and the other young cops sent on the raid hope it will be a feather in their caps and an opportunity to move forward careers they fear are stuck in neutral. What they find instead is that monsters are real. Most of them wind up dead, nearly torn to pieces, and Daniel is left a cripple. No one believes his story leaving both his life and his career in tatters. Sometime later, one of his friends shows up and gives him a card with an address on it. Turning up at the address, Carter finds himself in the office of Edward Hyde. The Edward Hyde. In exchange for Carter’s help, he offers him Dr. Jekyll’s elixir which will restore Carter’s body and then some. All he has to do is help destroy the monster clans which run London’s criminal underworld. Now a monster himself, Carter is set loose on the clans, Frankenstein, Vampire, Mummy, and Werewolf. With a little luck, he might even survive.

This book has an irresistible premise and a lot of great action pieces. Each of the monster types presents a different and more difficult obstacle to overcome which leads to some great fight scenes and clever attack strategies. The characters are a little one-dimensional and the plot jumps from battle to battle with little transition. The reason the clans are all gathered is also convenient and unconvincing.

If you love the premise and enjoy some fun fight scenes then this is something worth picking up. Just be prepared to overlook some gaps in the plot and weak character development.

I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher.