Magic for Liars

Hardcover, 336 pages

Published June 4, 2019 by Tor Books.

ISBN:
978-1-250-17461-1
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4 stars (3 reviews)

Ivy Gamble has never wanted to be magic. She is perfectly happy with her life life—she has an almost-sustainable career as a private investigator, and an empty apartment, and a slight drinking problem. It's a great life and she doesn't wish she was like her estranged sister, the magically gifted professor Tabitha.

But when Ivy is hired to investigate the gruesome murder of a faculty member at Tabitha’s private academy, the stalwart detective starts to lose herself in the case, the life she could have had, and the answer to the mystery that seems just out of her reach.

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4.5! I don't get as excited about Urban Fantasy as I do Sci-fi so it didn't quite hit the 5 stars for me but this is as good as Urban Fantasy could get. Sarah Gailey is a major talent and I am very sure she is going to draw a 5 out of me sooner or later. This was very real, the little moments of pain and triumph were naturalistic and just an organic part of things. Diversity was just there, as it is in life. The characters largely convinced and the prose sparkled. Definite recommend.

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Subjects

  • Twin sisters--Fiction
  • Women detectives--Fiction
  • Women teachers--Fiction
  • Magic--Fiction
  • Private schools--Fiction
  • Murder--Investigation--Fiction

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