I found this book gripping and suspenseful; in short, I couldn’t put it down!
It begins with a séance in a haunted house. What a great way to start a murder mystery! The folks in this tight-knit community have interesting quirks and fascinating backgrounds, providing a host of possible perpetrators.
This is a masterful look into how people find reasons to grow suspicious of each other, and to treat each other less-than-kindly. Chief Inspector Gamache is having devastating problems of his own: someone in the organization is out to destroy his life.
Who can he trust? How can he solve this murder while watching his own back? My first Louise Penny book will not be my last. (I’ve already bought two more.)
It's Easter, and on a glorious spring day in peaceful Three Pines, someone waits for night to fall. They plan to raise the dead! When C. I. Gamache of the Surete du Quebec arrives the next morning, he faces an unusual crime scene. A seance in an old, abandoned house has gone horrifically wrong and someone lies frightened to death. For in idyllic Three Pines not all is as it seems. Toxic secrets lie buried, and something terrible has finally clawed its way out. And even Gamache has something to hide. One of his own team is preparing to betray…
In short: Characters. This was a quick read, I had a tough time putting it down.
I loved Alysha, the strong, independent protagonist, who is smart and funny, and makes her own decisions. She doesn’t defer to anyone, even the controlling Aunties. I loved that this is a family where the women run the show, and unapologetically have the power.
Allie is faced with dragons, an assassin, a leprechaun, and a grandmother who may or may not be dead. She doesn’t whinge about what to do: she knows what has to be done, and she does it. I loved the characters, and Yay, there’s a sequel!
I do want to know the significance of the yo-yos… Also, there is a lot of pie in this book. I love pie.
First in a brand-new urban fantasy series from the author of The Blood Books
The Gale family can change the world with the charms they cast, and they like to keep this in the family. Alysha Gale is tired of having all her aunts try to run her life, both personally and magically. So when the letter from her Gran arrives willing her a "junk" shop in Calgary, Alysha jumps at the chance. It isn't until she gets there that she realizes her customers are fey. And no one told her there's trouble brewing in Calgary-trouble so big that even…
I love witches! I’ve been a Kelley Armstrong fan for years, and for some reason I’m drawn to the witch books more than the werewolf and vampire books.
I met the young Savannah in Dime Store Magic and Industrial Magic, and I love seeing her grow up into a sassy lead character in her own right. With Paige and Lukas away, Savannah takes on her first case on her own.
Is she ready? Can she do this? Or is she in over her head, big time…?? Funny, exciting, romantic, suspenseful… There’s so much to love in here. Oh, and she rides a wicked cool motorbike.
Columbus is a small, fading town, untouched by the twenty-first century. But when three young women are found dead - victims of what appear to be ritual murders - things start to get very dark, and very dangerous ...Private investigator Savannah Levine can handle 'dark and dangerous'. As the daughter of a black witch, she has a lot of power running through her veins, and she's not afraid to use it. But her arrival in Columbus has not gone unnoticed. Savannah may think she's tracking down a murderer, but could she be the killer's next target? Of course she could…
Outcast swordfighter, Kyer Halidan, was abandoned in a cornfield at age three. Now, twenty years on, she’s searching for answers: Who left her there? And why?
Kyer doesn’t suffer fools, and when she kills a man in a duel, it changes her life forever.
The duel catches the eye of Valrayker, a legendary hero, who pulls her into his company for a high-stakes mission to save a village. While on the mission, Kyer is stalked and captured by powerful allies of the man she killed, who are determined to learn what she knows—and will stop at nothing to find out.
She’s rescued by an inexplicable magic that raises suspicions among her friends—and fuels her enemies’ wrath even further. And worse—their fear.
As trust crumbles around her and danger closes in, Kyer must defy orders and challenge the very people she swore to follow.
As for her true identity, Valrayker harbours his own suspicions. But he’s keeping those secrets to himself… for now.
Gatekeeper’s Key is an adventure riddled with danger, intrigue, mysterious magic, scheming villains, humour, sword-wielding badassery, and dark consequences.
