When the Night Foxes boldly break into the Fourth Precinct's Evidence Building, it causes quite the stir. The break-in is daring enough, but their method shreds the magical wards and protections on the building like confetti paper. To say the police are 'alarmed' by this is the understatement of the century.
As a Magical Examiner, Henri Davenforth is of course immediately called in. Quite to his astonishment, Captain Gregson has him work the case like a detective. Even more astounding, he assigns Henri a partner.
The Shinigami Detective.
The woman is famous for killing the most destructive rogue witch of the century, and no one is quite certain where she's from. Every officer in the precinct is either in awe of her or a little frightened by her. Henri is just baffled. What is he supposed to do with a partner?
Hopefully killing one witch makes Jamie Edwards enough of an expert on magic to be helpful, as the thieves aren't content to just break into one building. They in fact seem to have an agenda, as with each theft, they take magical objects. It's all mounting to a dangerously powerful magical construct capable of toppling the wards on any building.
And no one has any idea what the thieves' true target is.
From Goodreads:
A dead charm maker is only the beginning.
Humanity seems determined to come up with increasingly clever ways to murder one another. They seize upon new technological advances in a way that's alarming, their creativity and blood-thirstiness knowing no bounds.
When a charm maker is blown up inside his own vehicle, for once it's not Henri Davenforth's expertise needed: it's Jamie Edwards', the Shinigami Detective. Car bombs are something unique in Kingston, and only she has experience with them. But the unique murder takes an unexpected turn when it becomes evident that the dead charm maker dabbled in something he should not have, inciting disastrous results.
The dangers he unleashed upon Kingston threaten thousands of lives and it launches a race requiring not only Jamie and Henri's expertise, but the Kingsmen's as well to beat the menace spreading through the city.
Meanwhile, the murderer is still at large, leaving Henri and Jamie to wonder: what will blow next?
My Review:
I just loved reading these books! The world of magic and early 20th century technology, it was so fantastic to read about! And Henri's narration was just hilarious! So was Jamie's little side notes from when she found his case files. These books were just absolutely hilarious to read!
Jamie came from our world, but she likely won't be able to come back. But she makes the most of it, enjoying what this world has to offer, as well as offering it designs and inventions to bring the technology more up to speed. Like air conditioning, tablet phones, and rubbing alcohol. It was funny, when she'd said something that made total sense to me, but just went over Henri's head because he didn't have, couldn't have, the context.
I loved how Jamie had to introduce all sorts of things, like fingerprints, and how women-and smaller built men-could fight. The social mores were about on par with the technology, with women just beginning to come into the workforce in more male dominated fields like the police. And since she dressed like a man most of the time and with her reputation of killing the evil witch, she does have an interesting time with most all of her coworkers besides Henri.
The mysteries in both books were really fantastic. They were just like what you'd imagine they'd be like from the time, with the addition of Magical Examiners. And that's where Jamie and Henri really came together with their specialties. They were a really fantastic partnership, with the maybe, potential, for a romance. Maybe.
These were addictive and I read them both in a day. I really, really hope that there's more, and if there are, I can't wait to read them! Because there needs to be more, because they're so freaking good!
Author: Honor Raconteur
Series: The Case Files of Henri Davenforth #1, 2
Read: May 13th, 13th, 2019
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2019 Books!
Publisher: Raconteur House
Published: April 17th 2018, February 1st 2019
Magic and the Shinigami Detective:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
Charms and Death and Explosions (oh my!):
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 5/5 Books |
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| 5/5 Stars |
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