The redoubtable Phryne Fisher is holidaying at Cave House, a Gothic mansion in the heart of Australia's Victorian mountain country. But the peaceful surroundings mask danger. Her host is receiving death threats, lethal traps are set without explanation, and the parlour maid is found strangled to death. What with the reappearance of mysterious funerary urns, a pair of young lovers, an extremely eccentric swagman, an angry outcast heir, and the luscious Lin Chung, Phryne's attention has definitely been caught.
After several years as an editor and freelance writer, Jaye Wells finally decided to leave the facts behind and make up her own reality. Her debut urban fantasy, Red-Headed Stepchild, is a blend of dark themes, grave stakes and wicked humor. In a world where being of mixed-blood is a major liability, Sabina Kane has the only profession fit for an outcast: assassin. But, her latest mission threatens the fragile peace between the vampire and mage races and Sabina must scramble to figure out which side she's on.
Added by: Thrakatak | Karma: 266.31 | Fiction literature | 2 February 2007
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Dreamfall by Joan D. Vinge (
Hugo Award winner) Half human, half Hydran, Vinge's young protagonist, Cat, has always been an outcast in the world of the mid-21st century...
