![]() ![]() The storytelling is just as solid and absorbing, too, even with quite the crowd-shape-shifters, rival paleontologists, an avid hunter, a livestock-pillaging predator, an intrepid journalist-and there's a bit of romance as well. This is a country of immigrants, after all." Jackaby's sense of humor, ever droll and capricious, shines once again in this sequel. Could the killer be a vampire? Much too obvious a hypothesis, thinks Jackaby he's "not ruling out the Russian strigoi or Chinese jiang-shi. The Dire King A Jackaby Novel Paperback Ebook By William Ritter Jackaby, supernatural detective, and his indispensable assistant, Abigail Rook, are plunged into the heart of an apocalyptic war between magical worlds in the action-packed fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Jackaby series by William Ritter. The investigation soon takes a darker turn when the pet owner is found murdered, her body bearing a single puncture wound. High school English teacher William Ritter never expected his short story experiment about an eccentric paranormal detective named Jackaby and his clever assistant, Abigail Rook, to one day. It's a job that requires "a somewhat flexible relationship with reality." Case in point: a client's cat has turned into a mackerel, and she's now mama to a litter of kitten-fish hybrids. ![]() ![]() Spring 1892 in New England's bustling (fictional) town of New Fiddleham finds British transplant Abigail Rook still acting as assistant to paranormal detective R. ![]()
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