The best writing convinces you that what you have believed is totally wrong. Writers like Cameron Rogers take your neatly ordered world and reshuffle the deck until you're not sure of the values or reality.

In the case of The Music of Razors, the reason the monster under the bed is so fiercely ugly is to protect the child. There is a place that's neither Heaven nor Hell -- and it's far worse than anyone ever thought.

Rogers' writing is like good chocolate: strong, bitter and dark. Especially fascinating is the counterpoint between the child Walter, stuck in his body and forced to join forces with a former foe to save his sister, and Dorian, who wants to wield the power of immortality.

I got lost more than once in time and place and had to re-read a few paragraphs to pick up the thread. But, overall, this is a very good dark mystery that will leave you haunted and wondering for days.