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Murder in the Boughs
(2011)(The first book in the Hank Mossberg, Private Ogre series)
A novel by Jamie Sedgwick
Five Stars: "A wonderful blend of urban fantasy, humour, action, mystery, and heart." -Goodreads Review
Four Stars: "Written in the best tradition of the old detective novels, with lots of magic thrown in. If you like both detective and fantasy stories, you will enjoy this." -Goodreads Review
Four Stars: "Mr Sedgwick weaves a great noir fairy tale, in a perfect balance between Philip Marlow and The Brothers Grimm." -Amazon Review
Synopsis:
Elven gangsters, streetwalking nymps and pixie dust dealers. This ain't no fairytale.
San Francisco's magical undercity is populated by every fantastical creature imaginable: dwarves, elves, centaurs, and thousands of fairies make it their home -but this is no fairytale. If you think humans invented organized crime, wait until you meet the goblins.
It's Hank Mossberg's job to keep them all in line. All he has to do is recruit a bitter old wizard to help solve a murder, break up a pixie dust ring, and keep his dwarf deputy Butch from getting them all killed in the process. No problem. Unfortunately, the fae have cops of their own, and they think Hank is the killer. It's going to take a miracle to pull this one off.
Genre: Fantasy
Four Stars: "Written in the best tradition of the old detective novels, with lots of magic thrown in. If you like both detective and fantasy stories, you will enjoy this." -Goodreads Review
Four Stars: "Mr Sedgwick weaves a great noir fairy tale, in a perfect balance between Philip Marlow and The Brothers Grimm." -Amazon Review
Synopsis:
Elven gangsters, streetwalking nymps and pixie dust dealers. This ain't no fairytale.
San Francisco's magical undercity is populated by every fantastical creature imaginable: dwarves, elves, centaurs, and thousands of fairies make it their home -but this is no fairytale. If you think humans invented organized crime, wait until you meet the goblins.
It's Hank Mossberg's job to keep them all in line. All he has to do is recruit a bitter old wizard to help solve a murder, break up a pixie dust ring, and keep his dwarf deputy Butch from getting them all killed in the process. No problem. Unfortunately, the fae have cops of their own, and they think Hank is the killer. It's going to take a miracle to pull this one off.
Genre: Fantasy
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