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The Magpie Key

Crow Investigations, Book 8

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Black water, dark skies, a reckoning like no other

A new threat has sailed in on the tide and is haunting the waterways of London.

DCI Fleet is struggling to control his gift and can no longer tell reality from illusion.

Meanwhile, Uncle Charlie is making trouble from his prison cell, proving how hard it is to keep a Crow caged.

Worst of all, the truce between London's four magical Families lies in ruins. If Lydia can't rebuild it, and fast, all will be lost.

London is Lydia Crow's roost… But for how long?

Don't miss the eighth instalment in the bestselling urban fantasy mystery series, Crow Investigations.

'I'm a huge fan!'

Charlaine Harris, award winning and bestselling author of mystery and fantasy

©2022 Sarah Painter (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Detective Fantasy Fiction Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction England Paranormal
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Lots of twists and a few unexpected happenings. I can’t wait for the next one.

Brilliant

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I've thoroughly enjoyed all 8 books of this series. Following the families and of course Lydia and Fleet. I'm hoping there is more to come from this world, it feels like it's only just starting.

Great ending for a fabulous series

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The best in the series so for. The story kept me engaged the whole time. I didn’t feel so irritated by the main character in this final book.

The best so far

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love love love !!! so sad they're finished! need more! I love thr whole series

loved them all great series!!

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Audiobook narrated by: Kate Rawson.
Even though I'm addicted to Crow Investigations books, I slammed the previous book for its cliffhanger ending. This one resolves everything, thank goodness. Lydia is in trouble from two sources: her magical Uncle Charlie, who has escaped the clutches of the government and is now free to scheme and kill; and Fleet's father, a mysterious being known as the Collector. Fleet's premonitions are getting stronger and he can't always tell visaion from reality. He's holding it together - barely. Lydia has to negotiate a peace accord with the other three magical families, Fox, Pearl and Silver, while saving London's water supply from deadly contagion courtesy of the Collector. She's really up against it this time, helped and hindered by Fleet, who is still the love of her life, and Jason the ghost tied to her flat above the Fork cafe. I don't know if this is an end to the series, but it's a good breathing space with plot threads resolved.

Addictive

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