Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Matter of Blood | 2010 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 2 | The Shadow of the Soul | 2011 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
| 3 | The Chosen Seed | 2012 | Sarah Pinborough | Buy |
The Dog-Faced Gods trilogy by Sarah Pinborough is a dark urban fantasy that begins as a police procedural and gradually pulls its protagonist into something much stranger. DI Cass Jones is a London detective investigating murders that turn out to be connected to ancient, inhuman forces.
A Matter of Blood (2010) introduces Jones and the first case. The Shadow of the Soul (2011) and The Chosen Seed (2012) deepen the mythology and raise the stakes. The trilogy is grim and atmospheric, mixing crime fiction conventions with horror and dark fantasy. Readers who enjoy Jim Butcher or Ben Aaronovitch but want something bleaker will find this series worth investigating.