SUMMARY: There are secrets that must remain buried . . . Nine people have been slain in New York Cityβnine strangers with nothing in commonβthe apparent victims of a frighteningly elusive serial killer. Only one thing links the dead: postcards they received, mailed from Las Vegas, announcing the day
The Library of the Dead
β Scribed by T. L. Huchu
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 180 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1529039487
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β¦ Synopsis
'A fast-moving and entertaining tale, beautifully written' - Ben Aaronovitch
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When ghosts talk, she will listen . . .**
Ropa dropped out of school to become a ghost talker - and she now speaks to Edinburgh's dead, carrying messages to the living. A girl's gotta earn a living, and it seems harmless enough. Until, that is, the dead whisper that someone's bewitching children - leaving them husks, empty of joy and life. It's on Ropa's patch, so she feels honour-bound to investigate. But what she learns will change her world.
She'll dice with death (not part of her life plan . . .) as she calls on Zimbabwean magic and Scottish pragmatism to hunt down clues. For Edinburgh hides a wealth of secrets. And in the process, she discovers an occult library and some unexpected allies. Yet as shadows lengthen, will the hunter become the hunted?
**Opening up a world of magic and adventure,The Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu is the first book in...
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