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Title: Bell, Book, and Murder (Speak Daggers to Her, Book of Moons, and The Bowl of Night) by Rosemary Edghill ISBN: 0-312-86768-9 Publisher: Forge Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.48 (21 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: mysteries, and the Mysteries
Comment: _Speak Daggers to Her_, _The Book of Moons_, and _The Bowl of Night_ are some of the best fiction about modern witches I've seen yet. And the main reason why is the heroine, Bast. In Bast, Rosemary Edghill creates a delightful heroine with a deep belief in the Goddess and magic--and also with a barbed tongue that deftly skewers the politics and foibles of the Pagan community. Even if there had been no plot in these three novels, I would have kept reading just to "listen" to Bast talk. And as an added bonus, there *is* a plot.
_Speak Daggers to Her_: An old friend of Bast's dies of seemingly natural causes in her apartment. Bast discovers that her friend had gotten mixed up in a cult--could this be related?
_The Book of Moons_: Probably my favorite of the three, because of the historical speculation. Several New York Wiccans find their Books of Shadows missing. Then, an obnoxious newbie shows up at a picnic brandishing a book he is certain is the BOS of Mary Queen of Scots. Then someone ends up dead. How are all these things connected? Read on...
_The Bowl of Night_: Bast thought the most confusing part of the Samhain retreat would be sharing a cabin with handsome ceremonial magician Julian. But when a local fundamentalist preacher ends up dead on the campsite, things keep getting weirder...
I'm not sure how well these books work *as mysteries*, since the solution is generally not hard to figure out. I guess I'm just used to the sort of mysteries with 85 red herrings, and no concrete clues until the last two pages, when suddenly the culprit kidnaps the sleuth and reveals the whole plot. Actually, I find that I like Edghill's more straightforward style better, since the mystery is gradually revealed in layers instead of completely hidden and then suddenly sprung on the reader. I just want to warn readers of the more usual sort of mysteries that these work a little differently.
As for me, I like them. I only wish this were an ongoing series.
Rating: 5
Summary: Pagan 'cozy'
Comment: This is a collection of the three "Bast" novels - nearly the total of the series to date (one short story is missing). Bast, AKA Karen Hightower is a thirtysomething wiccan living in NYC. As she is quick to point out there is nothing supernatural about her, she is simply a practicing member of the local pagan community. The mysteries are entertaining but not very complex, the true interest here is the story of Bast and her communitity. Bast and the other characters are all well drawn and shown - warts and all. The stories take place over the course of a few months June through October.
"Speak Daggers to Her" begins with the death of a wannabe Wiccan and introduces most the rest of the characters that will appear in the other books. "Book of Moons" concerns the thefts of various Books of Shadows and escalates to murder and fraud. "The Bowl of Night" moves the action out of the city to a pagan festival and murder of a ranting local.
Rating: 5
Summary: A real Wiccan's Wiccan
Comment: I love Bast! These books (now put into one volume) portray a real Wiccan in a real Pagan community, with all its beauty and hangups. I enjoyed trying to figure things out and what was going to be done. This is in my top three favorites!
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Title: Harm None: A Rowan Gant Investigation by M. R. Sellars ISBN: 0967822106 Publisher: Willowtree Press Pub. Date: 31 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Never Burn a Witch: A Rowan Gant Investigation by M. R. Sellars ISBN: 0967822114 Publisher: Willowtree Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Perfect Trust: A Rowan Gant Investigation by M. R. Sellars ISBN: 096782219X Publisher: Willowtree Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: The Law of Three: A Rowan Gant Investigation by M. R. Sellars ISBN: 0967822181 Publisher: E.M.A. Mysteries Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1) by Jim Butcher ISBN: 0451457811 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 10 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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