Book Overview
BODY AND SOUL The song. That's what London constable and sorcerer's apprentice Peter Grant first notices when he examines the corpse of Cyrus Wilkins, part-time jazz drummer and full-time accountant, who dropped dead of a heart attack while playing a gig at Soho's 606 Club. The notes of the old jazz standard are rising from the body--a sure sign that something about the man's death was not at all natural but instead supernatural. Body and soul--they're also what Peter will risk as he investigates a pattern of similar deaths in and around Soho. With the help of his superior officer, Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale, the last registered wizard in England, and the assistance of beautiful jazz aficionado Simone Fitzwilliam, Peter will uncover a deadly magical menace--one that leads right to his own doorstep and to the squandered promise of a young jazz musician: a talented trumpet player named Richard "Lord" Grant--otherwise known as Peter's dear old dad.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0345524594
ISBN13:9780345524591
Release Date:March 2011
Publisher:Del Rey Books
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.37 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 4.3" x 6.9"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Grant needs to grow up
Published by Kasey's Book Hoard , 2 years ago
Paranormal Crime Fiction / Police Procedural
London Constable (and magician's apprentice) Peter Grant is confronted but the murders of several local Jazz musicians. The deaths look natural, but stink of magic. To make matters more tense, Grant's father has decided to perform again, filling in for a recently deceased member of an amature Jazz group. Can Grant track down the "Jazz Vampire" before it's too late?
Grant is far more distracted from his work in this second book. He seems much less focused than he did in the first. His mind is certainly not on this work. I hope to see him more focused on book 3. Perhaps he's learned his lesson? (Too much to hope?)
Regardless, this series is my new favorite thing. I definitely need more books like this! So if you are a fan and can suggest similar, please do!
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