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series1 book2013

Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, about heist, set in north america.

“Primarily a crime/murder mystery, but in the story the 3-piece Koh-i-noor diamond really does have the magical properties its legend claims, and the belief in that magic drives many of the plot elements of the story.”
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Rivers of LondonSeries

series32 books2011

Urban fantasy, 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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The ChaliceNovel

Phil Rickmanstandalone novel1996

Fantasy, eerie in tone, about faith and religion, set in small town.

“Glastonbury, legendary resting place of the Holy Grail, is a mysterious and haunting town.”
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Nursery CrimesSeries

series2 books2005

Fantasy, funny in tone.

“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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The Dark Is RisingSeries

series5 books1965

Fantasy and mythic fantasy, adventurous in tone.

“The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, The Dark Is Rising.”
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Ishmael JonesSeries

series11 books2015

Mystery & detective, set in contemporary and british isles.

“Simon R. Green's Ishmael Jones mysteries pair a country-house murder-mystery format with a supernatural twist, opening with The Dark Side of the Road.”
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