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What Members Thought

Sandra
Whilst this book follows on closely from the previous book Lies Sleeping it's done, for the first part in a flashback fashion. I'm not sure why, and I found it less, rather than intriguing.

Peter, apprentice wizard has made Detective Constable in the Folly, but is sent on an undercover mission to check on anything "weird" on the premises of a secretive billionaire tech company owner, Terrence Skinner. And of course he finds plenty of weirdness.

He also trips over "The Librarians" of the New York P
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Andrea (mrsaubergine)
Dec 19, 2021 rated it it was amazing
The start of a new larger story arc features librarians, tech billionaires - and kudos to Kobna for his believable Australian accent in the audiobook - and more Hitchhikers references than you can thrown a towel over. Sadly, I have now caught up with the series. Looking forward to the next book in the new year.
Kristina
Apr 17, 2020 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Rating: 3.5
Took awhile for this to feel like a book that belonged in this series. Once it did I really enjoyed it.
Katharine
Nov 09, 2019 marked it as to-read
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Jen (jlkish)
Aug 27, 2020 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Carys
Jul 16, 2021 marked it as to-read
Joyce
Oct 12, 2021 marked it as series-books-not-on-tbr-yet
Shelves: 8-in-series
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Jul 20, 2022 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-in-2022
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Aug 27, 2024 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: own
Jackie
May 10, 2025 marked it as to-read