Flint in the Bones - The first book in The Norwich Map Runners Series, by Eva St John.💙📚

Jodi Taylor #BookRecommendation

I bought this some time ago and I don’t know why I didn’t get around to reading it sooner, because I really loved it. The plot is very different – a mixture of time travel, police procedure, magic and murder mystery. And it’s great to see urban fantasy set somewhere other in London. I now have an overpowering urge to visit Norwich.

Poor old Norwich has experienced some sort of magical and temporal cataclysm, resulting in different people from different time periods suddenly being dumped in the present which, since there’s no warning, can result in a wild ride for its inhabitants. And a bit of a shock for the actual occupants of an old house who can suddenly find twenty other people all claiming to live there.

The characters are vivid and very well drawn and I loved the dog, Harry.

I never liked to give away too much of the plot but police detective Eliza Barnaby manages to fall foul of a couple of rather unpleasant London magical practitioners and finds herself seconded to Norwich to bring back an escaped and homicidal renegade magician who manages to confuse Eliza by saving her life.

There’s magic, wolves, Puritans – as irritating today as they’ve always been – bad tempered sheriffs, nuns, the Lady Julian, and an engaging Springer spaniel.

Book two – Fire in the Flint – will be out on the 26^th of March – so not long to wait – which is just as well because I’m not famed for my patience and I can’t wait to find out what happens next – and there’s even a third book – Blood in the Maps – published on the 26^th of November this year, so lots to look forward to. Both these titles are available for pre-order.

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