I chose this book because I have a slight obsession with books that have the protagonist’s (or main character’s) name in the title. Such books span all genres, and time periods and this one is fantasy (or at least, speculative fiction). This fact only added to its charm because I love fantasy, sci-fi, and all sorts of speculative fiction.
The premise is fascinating: Maali Almeida has to solve a murder. There’s just one problem: Not only is the murder in question his own but he has only seven days (in the afterlife) to achieve his goal. I’m usually not a fan of second-person narrative but this one works beautifully. And the fact that the story takes place in Sri Lanka only makes me want to learn more about the world.
Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida-war photographer, gambler, and closet queen-has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira Lake and he has no idea who killed him. In a country where scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers, and hired goons, the list of suspects is depressingly long, as the ghouls and ghosts with grudges who cluster round can attest. But even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali. He has seven moons to contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to…
For the sake of transparency, I need to say the author is a friend but I enjoyed Oxford Key Mysteries and this new series seemed like something I’d like.
While Lynn’s previous series is a cozy mystery with some fantastical elements, the genre of this one is pure cozy mystery. And what can I say? I’m a sucker for dual POVs and Murder, I Spy has that, alternating between the perspectives of Dora and Rex, a femme fatale and an aristocrat, respectively.
And then you also have London in the 1920ies and what looks like to be a dazzling relationship.
This book left me feeling warm and fuzzy inside, wanting for more. Luckily, it’s a series so I know I’ll get the next one real soon.
When a bright young man teams up with a glamorous femme fatale, the identity of a murderer won't be the only secret they'll unmask.
London, 1922. Between gallivanting in his Rolls-Royce and darkening the doorways of London's hotspots, Lord Reginald “Rex” Bankes-Fernsby has almost succeeded in banishing the battlefield nightmares that plague his sleep. Pity he can't say the same about that nagging lack of direction in his life.
If only he were like his best friend Freddie - self-assured, suave, and up to his ears in secrets. But when Freddie is murdered, Rex doubts the verdict. Was Freddie really…
Urban fantasy is quickly becoming my favorite fantasy subgenre, and this is especially the case with Kim Harrison’s The Hollows.
Pale Demon is book 9 of the series, but I think it’s the best one so far. The series focuses on bounty hunter Rachel Morgan. Rachel thinks she’s a witch but in Pale Demon the truth of what Rachel truly is finally comes out, and wow, I really did not see that coming. This is certainly a turning point for Rachel and her friends, the living vampire Ivy and the pixy Jenks.
Sure, you’ll have to go through all of the previous books in the series, but I promise it’s going to be worth your while. I can’t wait to see what the next book has in store for Rachel.
"I wouldn’t miss a Kim Harrison book for anything."—Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels
New York Times bestselling urban fantasy superstar Kim Harrison is back with Pale Demon—her ninth electrifying adventure featuring contemporary witch Rachel Morgan. This time Rachel's leaving the Hollows, on a cross-country road trip with a pixy, an elf, and a vampire, as she races to clear her blackened name at a California witches' convention in order to avoid an eternity of torment at the claws of a soul-devouring demon. Pale Demon is Kim Harrison at her gothic best—combining mystery, action, intrigue, paranormal romance, and…
Niksen is a quirky, occasionally funny but illuminating and well-researched guide to…doing nothing. In it, you will find out what doing nothing is and isn’t, what makes the Dutch such a happy nation, how we’ve become so obsessed with productivity, and what to do about it. And if you feel doing nothing is not for you, well, this book has got you covered as well!
