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Good OmensSeries
series2 books1990
About prophecy.
Start with Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch →
Nursery CrimesSeries
series2 books2005
Mystery & detective and fantasy, funny in tone, about murder investigation, set in contemporary.
“The Big Over Easy turns Humpty Dumpty's fall into a murder investigation; The Fourth Bear follows with the Gingerbread Man as a serial killer.”
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Start with The Big Over Easy →
Gods Behaving BadlyNovel
Marie Phillipsstandalone novel2007
Set in big city.
“Set in London, it tells the tale of the twelve gods of Mount Olympus living in a rundown flat as their powers wane.”
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Thursday NextSeries
series8 books2001
“Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels follow a literary detective in an alternate England who can jump physically into the world of books to solve crimes against literature itself.”
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Start with The Eyre Affair →
Rivers of LondonSeries
series32 books2011
Mysterious in tone, set in big city.
“The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”
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Start with Rivers of London →
Masters of DeathNovel
Olivie Blakestandalone novel2023
About vampires.
“Viola Marek is a struggling real estate agent, and a vampire.”
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