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Consider my Pot, Boiled

A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark

May 21, 2019 by MarTeaNi Leave a Comment

It started with John Constantine, grouchy creepy detective magician, solving petty punk mysteries and sassing demons.  I love a good pot boiler, but I like them with wizards, or gods, or most preferably ghosts.  My collection is an embarrassment of sassy magicians solving ghost crimes. An anonymous Twitter surfaced in my feed one day to recommend the short story A Dead Djinn in Cairo. Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha’arawi of the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities must investigate the potential suicide of powerful djinn […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: crime, ghosts, magic, murder mystery, pot boiler, sassy detective

MarTeaNi's CBR11 Review No:2 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: crime, ghosts, magic, murder mystery, pot boiler, sassy detective ·
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