Review of The Deadly Grimoire (insert lightning flash and da da da dun here.)

 Well folks, I just got out of the hospital where I was drugged up and cut upon and lived to tell about it. Also, my legs are the same length now which they weren't before Tuesday. Ain't modern medicine grand? I won't be walking with one foot flat on the ground and the other foot on tiptoe anymore. Well, not after a few more days. Bones have to settle. 

Anyway, I've neglected my blog for awhile because (see above--drugged up.)

Here's my review of a fun novel (lightning flash and thunder please) The Deadly Grimoire.

 

I had a lot of fun with The Deadly Grimoire. This book could be used as a primer for anyone learning to write cliff hanger chapter endings. It makes sense because the heroine, Betsy the Flapper Detective, produces and stars in the short films of the 1920's that always ended with a cliff hanger so audiences would spend another dime to buy a ticket to the next episode.

When two of her actors disappear during filming, Betsy finds that being a detective in life doesn't always follow a script. There's a lot of strong female characters ranging from a pilot to a bootlegger and the male characters from her advance man to her butler are a hoot. The male criminals are a little ominous, but there is no gross-out violence. The story is more like a thrilling 1920's flick rather than a gorefest like later horror. The seaweed smells pretty bad, though. It's gross. Oh, and there's sea creature/monster thingys flying through storms and biting biplanes. What more could you want?

For some thrills set at the seashore (and we know what kinds of things live in the sea) pick up The Deadly Grimoire and take yourself back to 1926 and get a little wing walking for your reading pleasure.

Thanks to Netgalley and Arkham Horror for allowing me to read and review The Deadly Grimoire.