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The Magpie Key

Crow Investigations, Book 8

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The Magpie Key

By: Sarah Painter
Narrated by: Kate Rawson
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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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A fantastic addition to the Crow Investigation series, a story with twists and turns, great development of the key characters and actually made me cry at one point, no spoilers! Loved it, the narrator of this does a great job bringing these characters to life and is very easy to listen to.

Amazing story, great narration

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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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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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This has been a good series of books, one that I wasn't sure I would like due to being based in London but I need not have worried. References are there but you don't need to know the areas mentioned. A visit to London may have me searching for these areas in a tourist way. I hope the actual book has a map included. The ending was good and satisfying. I will look out for other works in the future.

Can the families come together?

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love the story, but it felt a bit "loose", I missed something in it, don't know what. But still great!

great

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Loved this book, sad to have finished it so soon. Each book release in this series gets better and better and better. Now what to read I am all Sarah Painter(ed) up!!

Gets better abd better

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The series has run its course, and I have enjoyed the smooth narration . While everyone has their own opinions I found the series to be quite interesting. Being a bit of a fan of urban fantasy was very much my cup of tea (coffee if preferred Lydia Crow) good story well read.

The End?

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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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Huge Sarah Painter fan. Love the Crow investigation series. This was great at usual. just felt a bit like it was rushed into publication. Maybe needed a teeny bit more editing with repetition of words etc. But I am being a bit picky. Must be hard when you have fans clamouring for the next instalment. Enjoyed it very much. Now I have to wait for the next one.

I have been hanging out for this book.

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…. the story seemed a bit flat. Normally she has a case to investigate but this series concentrated on other issues. I just felt that the story line could have been better dealt with particularly about Fleet’s dad. But I guess that’s the next installment!

Very good but ..

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