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A Puzzle of Poppies


A Fantasy Novella


Book 1 of the Sherwood & Jarvis Series


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Historical Fantasy,
  • Fae,
  • Murder Mystery,
  • Political Fantasy,
  • British Empire
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Murder mysteries set in magical courts
  • Reluctant heroes caught in diplomatic intrigue
  • Unlikely partnerships between humans and half-Folk investigators
Publisher Description

He expected magic. What he got was murder.

Following a disastrous stint in Her Majesty's army, Dr. Wilfred "Wilf" Jarvis finds himself jaded and directionless. Hoping for a fresh start, and perhaps a bit of the storybook magic he'd yearned for as a boy, he accepts a diplomatic posting among the Fair Folk of the Seelie Court.

When he arrives, however, he is drawn into a web of political machinations and bitter grievances that prove just as disappointing as his other pursuits - until the body of a British soldier is discovered in Folk territory.

Before he realizes exactly what's happened, he's enlisted by Honoria Sherwood, a brilliant half-Folk, half-human polymath, in a worryingly high-stakes murder investigation. With tensions mounting between the Folk and the British Empire, the two must track down the killer or lose their only chance to see true justice done.

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