The Imaginary Corpse

Detective Tippy and his friends live in the Stillreal, where ideas go when they’re no longer needed. While solving a case about screaming corn, Tippy meets a new arrival — and soon finds himself sucked into a case big enough to change life in the Stillreal forever.

Part cosy mystery, part urban fantasy, part trippy-cheese-dream. But I feel like that sells this wonderful, unique story short.

I read another review that described this as the Dresden Files if Dresden were a stuffed triceratops. Which is fairly apt — except without the the sexism that underpins Butcher’s writing style.

Highly recommended.