The Raven Spell by Luanne G Smith (Book Beginnings & Friday 56)

 

Title: The Raven Spell

Author: Luanne G Smith

Publication: 1 February 2022

Format: Kindle ebook

Amazon Description

In Victorian England a witch and a detective are on the hunt for a serial killer in an enthralling novel of magic and murder by the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of The Vine Witch.

After a nearly fatal blow to the skull, traumatized private detective Ian Cameron is found dazed and confused on a muddy riverbank in Victorian London. Among his effects: a bloodstained business card bearing the name of a master wizard and a curious pocket watch that doesn’t seem to tell time. To retrieve his lost memories, Ian demands answers from Edwina and Mary Blackwood, sister witches with a murky past. But as their secret is slowly unveiled, a dangerous mystery emerges on the darkened streets of London.

To help piece together Ian’s lost time, he and Edwina embark on a journey that will take them from the river foreshore to an East End music hall, and on to a safe house for witches in need of sanctuary from angry mortals. The clues they find suggest a link between a series of gruesome murders, a missing person’s case, and a dreadful suspicion that threatens to tear apart the bonds of sisterhood. As the investigation deepens, could Ian and Edwina be the next to die?

Ramble-y Teaserish Stuff

Victorian serial killers, detectives and witches. What's not to love, right? 

I read most of the book in the airports and on the plane Wednesday starting around 6:30am (hence the no WWW Wednesday this week). I have since arrived at my hotel, obtained libations, and continued to read. The book was finished by 5pm.

When this autoposts early Friday morning I will be fully on vacation and hopefully I will be sleeping... or at least happily distracted from little things like phones and blogs and life. Speaking of being distracted, I was quite thankful that everyone else near me on the trip was too distracted with their own stuff to notice my audible swoons and sighs. I would have happily told them all about how wonderful the book was -- wherever I was in it at the time. I was hooked from the beginning and stayed entranced until the end.

I can't wait to see what happens next in the series and by the time I return home Smith's Vine Witch series should be waiting for me in the mail.

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As always, Friday 56 (share a blurb from the 56th page or 56% mark) is hosted at Freda's Voice 

& Book Beginnings (share the first few sentences) is at Rose City Reader