Family Business

 Family Business by Jonathan Sims, 336 pages.

Diya's world seems to shrink rapidly after her best friend Angie dies. She is deep in grief and quickly loses touch with her friends and family, and soon loses her meaningless office job as well. So it's a relief when she gets a job at Slough and Sons, a family business that cleans up after the recently dead. The work feels meaningful, but soon Diya starts having visions of the people they clean up after that are hard to explain away, and she begins to fear that something is hunting London's lonely and isolated. And the Sloughs have something to do with it. Diya may have joined the business, but she didn't join the family, and her grief has made her at least as isolated as the poor souls whose houses they clean.

This book was pretty good. It was sort of spooky and atmospheric, and full of really cool images. There wasn't a whole lot here that blew me away, but it was a fun popcorn book for October. If anyone is interested in reading it I would recommend the ebook, as the US release of this one is still a while off.

Fun fact: Jonathan Sims is also the creator of the popular podcast The Magnus Archives, and I think I read a lot of this book in his voice. I wouldn't be at all surprised if he reads the audiobook when it comes out.