When it comes to urban fantasy - which is, I believe, the term used for this sort of thing - there is the Dresden Files, and then there is everything else. Butcher's series is the mark by which all other entries into the genre are judged... at least by me. It's a tough standard, and very few books meet it. A lot more books fail (including some of the Dresden books), sometimes miserably, so I'm always a bit wary with new urban fantasy works. Fortunately for me, fortunately for the author, and fortunately for you, A DEVIL IN THE DETAILS meets the standards, and is a very enjoyable diversion.

The story centers around a modern day Champion, who makes deals with demons. Or rather, he makes new deals with demons on behalf of people who previously sold their soul to said demon. He essentially offers the demon a double-or-nothing deal, with a duel to the death being the game. It's a rough gig, and Jesse Dawson, our protagonist, knows that it's probably going to get him killed some day.

A DEVIL IN THE DETAILS has a similar tone and style to the Dresden Files, with a wry first-person narrator explaining things with a dry, sardonic sense of humor. Using that similar voice, the author creates a very different world from that of Harry Dresden. For all that the book deals with death, devils and damnation it doesn't dwell in gothic gloom, but flits lightly and entertainingly from emotional lows to highs. A very enjoyable book, with the potential to become a very engaging series.