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The Voodoo Killings
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Vintage Canada is thrilled to announce the debut of a new urban fantasy series. Kristi Charish's The Voodoo Killings introduces Kincaid Strange, not your average voodoo practitioner...
For starters, she's only twenty-seven. Then there's the fact that she lives in rain-soaked Seattle, which is not exactly Haiti. And she's broke. With raising zombies outlawed throughout the continental USA, Kincaid has to eke out a living running seances for university students with more money than brains who are desperate for guitar lessons with the ghost of a Seattle grunge rocker--who happens to be Kincaid's on-again, off-again roommate.
Then a stray zombie turns up outside her neighbourhood bar: Cameron Wight, an up-and-coming visual artist with no recollection of how he died or who raised him. Not only is it dangerous for Kincaid to be caught with an unauthorized zombie, she soon realizes he's tied to a spate of murders: someone is targeting the zombies and voodoo practitioners in Seattle's infamous Underground City, a paranormal hub. When the police refuse to investigate, the City's oldest and foremost zombie asks Kincaid to help. Raising ghosts and zombies is one thing, but finding a murderer? She's broke, but she's not stupid.
And then she becomes the target... As the saying goes, when it rains it pours, especially in Seattle.
For starters, she's only twenty-seven. Then there's the fact that she lives in rain-soaked Seattle, which is not exactly Haiti. And she's broke. With raising zombies outlawed throughout the continental USA, Kincaid has to eke out a living running seances for university students with more money than brains who are desperate for guitar lessons with the ghost of a Seattle grunge rocker--who happens to be Kincaid's on-again, off-again roommate.
Then a stray zombie turns up outside her neighbourhood bar: Cameron Wight, an up-and-coming visual artist with no recollection of how he died or who raised him. Not only is it dangerous for Kincaid to be caught with an unauthorized zombie, she soon realizes he's tied to a spate of murders: someone is targeting the zombies and voodoo practitioners in Seattle's infamous Underground City, a paranormal hub. When the police refuse to investigate, the City's oldest and foremost zombie asks Kincaid to help. Raising ghosts and zombies is one thing, but finding a murderer? She's broke, but she's not stupid.
And then she becomes the target... As the saying goes, when it rains it pours, especially in Seattle.
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“There are so many reasons why I absolutely LOVE this book. I love Fantasy books in general but I don’t feel there are enough out there that delve into the world of ghosts and there definitely isn’t another like The Voodoo Killings. I had no idea what I was in for!
First of all, I LOVE the whole system of practitioners raising zombies with intricate threads of “otherside” bindings as opposed to some mass epidemic. This makes zombies seem more magical than frightening and is so creative! The descriptions of how the protagonist Kincaid taps into the otherside are so vivid. I almost feel like I learned some secret that people in real life don’t know about yet. I also really love how ghosts communicate and come into our world through mirrors and/or water (despite reminding me of my childhood fear of Bloody Mary). And the Underground City was just another fantastic layer in Kristi Charish’s top notch world building. Being from Washington state, I was able to immerse myself in that world even more as I imagined my old rain-drenched neighborhood being atop a city full of zombies and ghouls.
And as for the characters.. I can’t even pick a favorite. The main character Kincaid is snarky and sarcastic. Reading from her perspective is a huge element of what makes this book great. I am a huge Buffy fan and it’s safe to say if you love Buffy you will love this book. Nate, Kincaid’s ex-rocker ghost roommate is someone I would seriously love to just hang out with. I loved him more and more throughout the book. And Cameron, our lost-and-found undead, is a character that really humanizes the zombies. Initially they were mostly being raised to settle will disputes and as witnesses to crime and what-not. This felt super inhumane to me so Cameron was a nice contrast. He suddenly went from being a human to a zombie with no memory of how and is completely bewildered by what’s happening to him. I essentially put myself in his shoes and it was an interesting ride, that’s for sure!
This book was not only full of the paranormal but quickly turned into a mystery novel too! I was so anxious to keep reading. Unlike most mysteries I was not able to guess who the killer was until the last 30-50ish pages. And the ending was fantastic. It gave me closure but left me with a twist that made my jaw drop. Apparently this is going to be a series... THANK GOODNESS!”
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About Kristi Charish
KRISTI CHARISH, author of Owl and the Japanese Circus and Owl and the City of Angels, has a background in archeology and a PhD in zoology from the University of British Columbia. She has worked as a scientific adviser on projects such as fantasy and SF writer Diana Rowland's series White Trash Zombie, and is the co-host of the Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing Podcast. She lives in Vancouver.
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