The Mortal Word

ISBN-13: 9781509830725 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 368 str.

Genevieve Cogman

Opis

A sparkling novel featuring librarian spies, stolen books and top-secret missions to alternate realities - perfect for fans of Ben Aaronovitch, Jasper Fforde or Doctor Who.

A corrupt countess. A spy in danger. And an assassin at large. The fifth title in Genevieve Cogman's witty and wonderful The Invisible Library series, The Mortal Word is a sparkling bookish adventure. Peace talks are always tricky, especially when a key diplomat gets stabbed. This rudely interrupts a top-secret summit between the warring dragons and Fae. As a neutral party, Librarian-spy Irene is summoned to investigate. She must head to a version of 1890s Paris, with her detective friend Vale, where these talks are fracturing. Here, she must get to the bottom of the attack - before either the peace negotiations or the city go up in flames. Suspicions fly thick and fast and Irene soon finds herself in the seedy depths of the Parisian underworld. Luckily, she can call on her ex-assistant Kai for assistance. She's on the trail of a notoriously warlike Fae, the Blood Countess. However, the evidence against the Countess is circumstantial. But could the killer really be a member of the Library itself?

Recenzje

Cogman fills a captivating story with animated characters and propels the narrative at a cracking pace, planting perfectly timed plot twists and reversals of fortune along the way Guardian

O autorze

Genevieve Cogman started on Tolkien and Sherlock Holmes at an early age, and has never looked back. But on a perhaps more prosaic note, she has an MSc in Statistics with Medical Applications and has wielded this in an assortment of jobs: clinical coder, data analyst and classifications specialist. Although The Invisible Library is her debut novel, she has also previously worked as a freelance roleplaying game writer. She is also the author of The Masked City and The Burning Page, both in The Invisible Library series. Genevieve Cogman's hobbies include patchwork, beading, knitting and gaming, and she lives in the north of England.