Review: Grave Beginnings
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Grave Beginnings is the first in a paranormal detective series by R.R. Virdi. It is, in fact, one of my favourite stories. Full of snark and wit and with the obligatory ‘suave, mysterious guy in a suit who shows up twice’, it contains all the things I love about the genre. Graves himself is a body snatching soul, with only the vaguest memories of his past and no idea why or how he’s doing what he does. He has a single mission: get the bad guy. Using his ‘borrowed’ bodies, he trawls the Earth looking for creepy stuff that’s escaped into our world, saving the innocents and really rocking the solo gig. That is, of course, until he’s forced to pair up with a tough cop with a flair for fighting the supernatural herself. Ortiz is my kind of gal, with a kick-ass style and the street smarts needed to help Graves solve the case.
The villains are spooky, the sidekick, Church, has his own fanclub (I’m… *cough*… well. #teamChurch) and the action Just. Doesn’t. Stop.
For fans of: Dresden Files, Alec Verus novels, Dead Man or Thrice Cursed Mage.
My rating: 4.5 stars.
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