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Books without an author listed are by KJ Charles.
Another Society of Gentleman entry (#1), A Fashionable Indulgence. Harry Vane is the son of Radicals. He’s actually heir to a fortune, so to make his grandfather happy, the nonpareil Julius Norreys take on the task of turning this Cit into someone who can navigate the ton. Julius has been desperately unhappy since Waterloo but finds himself attracted to the happy Harry. Add in a cousin Harry’s supposed to marry to please the old man, and who’s giving mixed signals, some suspicious deaths, and it’s another excellent entry.
Jordan L. Hawk, Widdershins (Whyborne & Griffin #1). Whyborne is a linguist working at a museum in a town famous in the past for witch hunts. Griffin is an ex-Pinkerton agent looking for someone to translate a journal written in code for his current job. Both have lost people important to them in the past. Whyborne turns out to be integral to solving the mysteries swirling around the town of Widdershins. I liked it fine but so far not enough to read book 2.
Terry Moore, Five Years #10, a series uniting his earlier comic book series: Strangers in Paradise, Echo, Rachel Rising, and Motor Girl. The element discovered in Echo united with some material written by Lilith will destroy the earth. The people from the earlier series unite to stop its development. They estimate that they have 5 years. I’ve only read SiP and Echo and didn’t have much trouble following this, but I think at least part of SiP should be read first.
For a cross-country trip which ended up being about 8 hours longer than planned, 3rd read of Martha Wells’s Network Effect (best of month).
Spectred Isle (Green Man #1, sequel not out yet). Saul Lazenby is an archaeologist working for a man researching arcane places and events. He was disgraced in the war and otherwise unemployable. While investigating a place for his employer, a tree catches fire and he meets a man called Glyde. Glyde turns out to work for a government agency that also keeps track of magical occurrences and both men can’t figure out way they keep running into each other.
The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal. The true stories behind some of the magical doings of Feximal and his friend and chronicler, Robert Caldwell. So somewhat reminiscent of Holmes and Watson, but Feximal isn’t a genius, but he can settle ghosts. Caldwell is very observant and often helps figure out the story behind why a ghost is haunting a location. Some of the stories in this book have been published separately.
Another Society of Gentleman entry (#1), A Fashionable Indulgence. Harry Vane is the son of Radicals. He’s actually heir to a fortune, so to make his grandfather happy, the nonpareil Julius Norreys take on the task of turning this Cit into someone who can navigate the ton. Julius has been desperately unhappy since Waterloo but finds himself attracted to the happy Harry. Add in a cousin Harry’s supposed to marry to please the old man, and who’s giving mixed signals, some suspicious deaths, and it’s another excellent entry.
Jordan L. Hawk, Widdershins (Whyborne & Griffin #1). Whyborne is a linguist working at a museum in a town famous in the past for witch hunts. Griffin is an ex-Pinkerton agent looking for someone to translate a journal written in code for his current job. Both have lost people important to them in the past. Whyborne turns out to be integral to solving the mysteries swirling around the town of Widdershins. I liked it fine but so far not enough to read book 2.
Terry Moore, Five Years #10, a series uniting his earlier comic book series: Strangers in Paradise, Echo, Rachel Rising, and Motor Girl. The element discovered in Echo united with some material written by Lilith will destroy the earth. The people from the earlier series unite to stop its development. They estimate that they have 5 years. I’ve only read SiP and Echo and didn’t have much trouble following this, but I think at least part of SiP should be read first.
For a cross-country trip which ended up being about 8 hours longer than planned, 3rd read of Martha Wells’s Network Effect (best of month).
Spectred Isle (Green Man #1, sequel not out yet). Saul Lazenby is an archaeologist working for a man researching arcane places and events. He was disgraced in the war and otherwise unemployable. While investigating a place for his employer, a tree catches fire and he meets a man called Glyde. Glyde turns out to work for a government agency that also keeps track of magical occurrences and both men can’t figure out way they keep running into each other.
The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal. The true stories behind some of the magical doings of Feximal and his friend and chronicler, Robert Caldwell. So somewhat reminiscent of Holmes and Watson, but Feximal isn’t a genius, but he can settle ghosts. Caldwell is very observant and often helps figure out the story behind why a ghost is haunting a location. Some of the stories in this book have been published separately.
