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a manor on the edge of ruin, a mute little girl, a butler with a dangerous past, and a potentially magical drunken dandy…

The Maker of Swans by Paraic O'Donnell

June 6, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 5 Comments

What looks like a recipe for potential nonsense is actually a truly surprising and unique thriller! Paraic O’Donnell follows up the Victorian spiritualism of The House on Vesper Sands with another historical mystery, but where I was expecting (and hoping for, honestly) a continuation of the former, The Maker of Swans jumps head-first into the 20th Century and dares the reader to catch up. A butler tries his damndest to keep his employer safe, sane, and sober- but the draws of the Jazz Age have the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: 2022 release, 20th Century, andtheIToldYouSos, ARC, galley, historical thriller, jane eyre, jazz age, magic, melodrama, new, Paraic O'Donnell, paranormal, the house on vesper sands, tin house, tin house galley club

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: 2022 release, 20th Century, andtheIToldYouSos, ARC, galley, historical thriller, jane eyre, jazz age, magic, melodrama, new, Paraic O'Donnell, paranormal, the house on vesper sands, tin house, tin house galley club ·
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