Atmospheric and moody this book came into my life at the perfect moment. One crisp spring morning I happened upon a couple of wild foxes playing in a neighbor’s yard. I was entranced. And for the next few weeks, I absorbed, inhaled, and was entranced by all things fox-related. Wandering in a local bookstore I found this book. It skipped the TBR pile. Luscious writing, and intriguing characters drive the narrative in this magical realism, literary work. Set in last century China, and incorporating Chinese mythology, a grieving fox/woman seeks to discover and punish the killer of her kit. Evil and goodness cross her path as she risks capture and obsession. I loved this book, and would recommend it, even to those without a fox-fascination.
'Vivid, enigmatic, enchanting' M. L. Rio 'Irresistible' Sunday Times
Some people think foxes go around collecting qi, or life force, but nothing could be further than the truth. We are living creatures, just like you, only usually better looking . . .
Manchuria, 1908: A young woman is found frozen in the snow.
Her death is clouded by rumours of foxes, believed to lure people into peril by transforming into beautiful women and men. Bao, a detective with a reputation for sniffing out the truth, is hired to uncover the dead woman's identity. Since childhood, Bao has been intrigued by…
I’ve grown to love the characters in this series. This book reveals the growth that occurs at every age when one is open to it. And grief, while more frequent as one ages, is no less painful. Last Devil to Die brought me to tears as well as laughter. It’s beautiful, brutal truth has stuck with me over these many months. It is a cozy mystery, with just a touch of dark reality. I adore this series, but I understand why Osman took a break after this one, to switch to a new series with different characters. I just hope he comes back to it. I will miss these old codgers.
A new mystery is afoot in the fourth book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman
You'd think you be allowed to relax over Christmas, but not in the world of the Thursday Murder Club.
On Boxing Day, a dangerous package is smuggled across the English coast. When it goes missing, chaos is unleashed. The body count starts to rise – including someone close to the Thursday Murder Club--as our gang face an impossible search, and their most deadly opponents yet.
With the clock ticking down and a killer heading to Cooper’s Chase, has their…
This year’s guilty pleasure was Starter Villian. I loved the sci-fi/cozy mystery/spy thriller mash-up. It was laugh-out-loud funny. For the cozy mystery lovers be-warned…there is foul language. But the character that uses that foul language I will not divulge as much as I am tempted. Clever dialogue, and making the unbelieveable, believeable are the delights of this book. I hope there are more to come. I enjoyed these irreverent characters.
Locus and Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi brings us a turbo-charged tale of a family business with a difference - as Charlie discovers when he inherits it. This one comes with a hidden headquarters, minions, talking cats and James Bond-like supervillain rivals.
'Starter Villain establishes Scalzi as SF's leading humourist' - SFX
Warning: supervillain in training. Risk of world domination.
Inheriting his late uncle's business proves complicated. It's also way more dangerous than Charlie could ever have imagined. Because his uncle had kept his supervillain status a secret - until now.
Divorced and emotionally dependent on his cat, Charlie wasn't…
A psych professor in Hawaii gets dragged into a murder investigation when all she WANTS to do is paddle outrigger canoe and travel the world. To follow her heart? Or the clues?
