Grave Beginnings by R.R. Virdi

June 15, 2022

Grave Beginnings is the first in R.R. Virdi’s Grave Report urban fantasy series. And, that cover is just perfect for a protagonist who jumps from body to body as he needs to in the series, so he’ll have a different face in each book. If it sounds odd,...

Heroic Hearts edited by Jim Butcher & Kerrie L. Hughes

June 13, 2022

Every once in a while, I love to pick up an urban fantasy. Quite often, it’s because Jim Butcher, the author of The Dresden Files, is connected to the book. In the case of Heroic Hearts, some of the biggest names in the urban fantasy world have stories in this...

Jekyll & Hyde Inc. by Simon R. Green

September 25, 2021

I know Simon R. Green’s Jekyll & Hyde Inc. is not what I normally read. There’s something about Green’s dark humor that sucks me into many of his books. And, as violent and gory as this book is, it’s really about a good man striving to stay...

The October Man by Ben Aaronovitch

November 09, 2019

Ben Aaronovitch’s urban fantasy series, Rivers of London, is set in England, as the name implies. However, in his novella, The October Man, he introduces a new set of characters, and places them in Germany. I’m hoping that Winter and Sommer from this...

The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch

February 11, 2018

Ben Aaronovitch continues to add diverse and interesting characters to the books in his Rivers of London urban fantasy series. The Hanging Tree is the sixth book, and it brings Police Constable Peter Grant back to London for discoveries of more magic running...