AN EASY DEATH - Charlaine Harris


The world is different. Texoma is its own country and wizarding magic is a known ability (though not a very well trusted one).

Lizbeth "Gunnie Rose is young but she's already gotten herself quite a reputation for fierceness and fairness. When she commits to a job she'll see it through no matter what the cost. Things will go south (so to speak) when she takes a job escorting a couple of Russian wizards who are looking for a man - the only man on earth whose blood can save their tzar. But there are others out there determined to stop the wizards from reaching their goal. Young Lizbeth will be tested to see her mission through.

Author Charlaine Harris is an accomplished storyteller.  She showed us that with her Sookie Stackhouse series. Here she latches on to another young, strong female in a familiar paranormal-accepting world.

The adventure in this particular volume isn't the most interesting of Harris's stories I've read, and, having just recently read book five in the series it definitely pales in comparison, but it does serve to establish the character and the rules of this new world.

There's plenty of gun-slinging western-style action here, but fans of the paranormal (and expecting same because of the author) won't be disappointed. There is also some sex, but unfortunately here in the first book we have a rape on the page.

I already know that I like at least one book later in this series and now I look forward to catching up and reading the series in order.

Looking for a good book? An Easy Death is the beginning of a new series by Charlaine Harris which might be best described as Sookie Stackhouse meets The Wild, Wild West.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Edelweiss, in exchange for an honest review.

3-1/2 stars

* * * * * *

An Easy Death

author: Charlaine Harris

publisher: Gallery/Saga Press

ISBN: 9781982144678

paperback, 336 pages

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

MURDLE VOLUME 1 - G. T. Karber

Image
 I enjoy puzzles of many different varieties. I had not heard of 'Murdle' before this but essentially this is a combination of the game of Clue and a Sherlock Holmes micro story. With suspects, possible murder weapons, potential locations, and/or motives plus some very brief hints, readers are meant to combine the logic of what's know with deductive reasoning to identify the killer (or killers?) in 100 different mystery word puzzles. I will admit right off the bat that I did not do all 100.  I didn't even do half of these, but I did so some random sampling through all the categories (Elementary, Occult Medium, Hard Boiled, and Impossible). I did not get any correct in the Impossible category (of course not ... they were impossible!) and only one correct in the Hard Boiled (of five). The Elementary puzzles were, as expected, pretty easy and the Hard Boiled only a little bit more difficult. Each mini mystery comes with a grid printed in the book to help the reader-detecti
Read more

THE RAVEN THIEF - Gigi Pandian

Image
 With Tempest Raj now a member of the company, Secret Staircase Construction (a company who, as their title suggests, builds mystery-themed, secret rooms inside homes) has finished their first job. Their client now wants to celebrate to kick off her new beginning - new home and new life now that she's divorced from her cheating ex-husband, famous mystery author Corbin Colt. First up, a mock séance to remove any trace of Corbin from the property, led by Tempest's friend, Sanjay.   But during that séance, while all those gathered sat in a dark room holding hands, Corbin's dead body crashes the party, falling across the table in front of everyone. There were eight people in the room, and they were all holding hands, but all the evidence points to one of them being the murderer.  Suspicions point to Ash, Tempest's grandfather, because he was the only one with Corbin's blood on him. Of course, as a doctor, he was also the only one who checked on the body - wherein he acq
Read more

VINYL RESTING PLACE - Olivia Blacke

Image
 Juni Jessup and her two sister, Tansy and Maggie, have gone into business together in their hometown of Cedar River, Texas, opening a combination record store and coffee shop. Vinyl LPs are making a comeback after all, despite critics thinking the medium was dead.  But speaking of 'dead' ... finding a dead body in the supply closet just as they are looking to have a grand opening is not part of the plan.  Juni's life gets more complicated when their uncle, Calvin, already a suspect in the murder, disappears. And the police officer leading the investigation is Juni's EX-boyfriend (who passive-aggressively keeps putting himself back into her life). Convinced that her uncle would never murder anyone, Juni sets out to prove his innocence - which isn't easy since he's making himself look guilty - because Calvin is family and family is EVERYthing to Juni. As readers of my blog know, I'm not a big fan of most cozy mysteries, but the setting caught my eye and my in
Read more