The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle: Stranger Things meets Rivers of London in this thrilling urban fantasy

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Ghostalker Ropa Moyo and her rag-tag team of magicians are back in The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle, the third book in the spellbinding Edinburgh Nights series by T. L. Huchu. She came for magic. She stayed to solve a murder . . . Ropa Moyo is no stranger to magic or mysteries. But she's still stuck in an irksomely unpaid internship. So she's thrilled to attend a magical convention at Dunvegan Castle, on the Isle of Skye, where she'll rub elbows with eminent magicians. For Ropa, it's the perfect opportunity to finally prove her worth. Then a librarian is murdered and a precious scroll stolen. Suddenly, every magician is a suspect, and Ropa and her allies investigate. Trapped in a castle, with suspicions mounting, Ropa must contend with corruption, skulduggery and power plays. Time to ask for a raise Praise for The Edinburgh Nights series: 'An artful combination of magic, history and imagination wrapped up in an engaging story' - Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of London, on Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments 'The Library of the Dead's alluring, shadowy Edinburgh with its hints of sophisticated academic magic will draw you in' - Olivie Blake, bestselling author of The Atlas Six

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Tendais alternative Edinburgh becomes more real and more exciting with every book. An artful combination of magic, history and imagination wrapped up in an engaging story -- Ben Aaronovitch, bestselling author of Rivers of London, on Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments
The Library of the Deads alluring, shadowy Edinburgh with its hints of sophisticated academic magic will draw you in, but its Ropa a hard knocks ghostalker on her paranormal grind to pay the rent who grabs hold. The moment you meet her, youll follow wherever she goes -- Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six on The Library of the Dead
An absolute delight . . . kept me totally hooked -- Genevieve Cogman, author of the Invisible Library series, on The Library of the Dead

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T. L. Huchu is a writer whose short fiction has appeared in publications such as Lightspeed, Interzone, Analog Science Fiction and Fact and elsewhere. The Library of the Dead won Best Novel at the Nommo Awards, presented by the African Speculative Fiction Society. And his work has also been short-listed for the Caine Prize and the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire. Between projects, he translates fiction from Shona into English and the reverse. He is the author of the Edinburgh Nights series.