Book Review: Don't Mess With a Librarian!
The VillageLibrary Demon-Hunting Society, by C. M. Waggoner (Ace)
I often dive into books withoutreading the description, and in the case of TheVillage Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner, this yielded many delightful surprises and plot twists. I pickedit up thinking I’d find a cozy mystery, conveniently forgetting the “demon-hunting”part of the title. Indeed, the opening is very cozy: a small town, a quaintlibrary with older, single librarian sleuth (Sherry Pinkwhistle, great name!) witheccentric friends and a sweet beau, and a murder mystery. As she investigates, sherealizes something is not quite right. A suspect confesses but not all theevidence fits. Sherry wonders why her little town has a disproportionate numberof murders and why she is always the one to solve them, much to the annoyanceof the local sheriff. And why, at the peak of the chase, the town is cut offfrom the outside world.
At this point, things go seriouslydemon-pear-shaped. Supernatural forces are at work, creating the same Murder,She Wrote scenario over and over, while preying on Sherry’s private guilt.By the time the sheriff yells at her in an inhuman voice that she mustinvestigate another murder, all Sherry’s suspicions are in full play. It’s offto the library to do research!
Despite the demon-hunting weirdness,the cozy quality and Sherry’s intrepid librarian superpowers never failed todeliver a great read. The moral for demons and murderers alike: Never mess witha librarian.
I often dive into books withoutreading the description, and in the case of TheVillage Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner, this yielded many delightful surprises and plot twists. I pickedit up thinking I’d find a cozy mystery, conveniently forgetting the “demon-hunting”part of the title. Indeed, the opening is very cozy: a small town, a quaintlibrary with older, single librarian sleuth (Sherry Pinkwhistle, great name!) witheccentric friends and a sweet beau, and a murder mystery. As she investigates, sherealizes something is not quite right. A suspect confesses but not all theevidence fits. Sherry wonders why her little town has a disproportionate numberof murders and why she is always the one to solve them, much to the annoyanceof the local sheriff. And why, at the peak of the chase, the town is cut offfrom the outside world.
At this point, things go seriouslydemon-pear-shaped. Supernatural forces are at work, creating the same Murder,She Wrote scenario over and over, while preying on Sherry’s private guilt.By the time the sheriff yells at her in an inhuman voice that she mustinvestigate another murder, all Sherry’s suspicions are in full play. It’s offto the library to do research!
Despite the demon-hunting weirdness,the cozy quality and Sherry’s intrepid librarian superpowers never failed todeliver a great read. The moral for demons and murderers alike: Never mess witha librarian.
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