The Dance of the Serpents, Oscar de Muriel
The Dance of the Serpents, Oscar de Muriel
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The Dance of the Serpents
The Second Frey & McGray Mystery

Author: Oscar de Muriel

Narrator: Andy Secombe

Unabridged: 14 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orion

Published: 08/20/2020

Synopsis

'Properly creepy and Gothic' IAN RANKIN on the Frey & McGray mysteries...

December, 1889.

There have been many bad days in Edinburgh police's secret subdivision 'The Commission for the Elucidation of Unsolved Cases Presumably Related to the Odd and Ghostly'.

But today is surely the worst.

Because the exiled English Inspector Ian Frey, and his Scottish boss 'Nine-Nails' McGray are summoned to a meeting in the middle of the night with the Prime Minister himself.

And he tells them that Queen Victoria - the most powerful person in the world - wants them both dead.

To be pardoned they must embark on a mission so dangerous that they might be saving Her Majesty the job of executing them. Because this case ties together the dark history of the Pendle witches, with the tragic case of McGray own sister, to a conspiracy within the highest office in the land...

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Praise for the Frey & McGray mysteries:

'A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery' New York Times

'A fun to read fast page-turner' Independent

'A brilliant mix of horror, history, and humour. Genuinely riveting with plenty of twists, this will keep you turning the pages. It's clever, occasionally frightening and superbly written ... Everything you need in a mystery thriller' Crime Review

'It's official: I am addicted to Frey and McGray' Christopher Fowler, author of the BRYANT & MAY series

About Oscar de Muriel

Oscar de Muriel was born in Mexico City where he began writing stories aged seven, and later came to the UK to complete a PhD in Chemistry. Whilst working as a translator and playing the violin, the idea for a spooky whodunnit series came to him and Nine-Nails McGray was born. Oscar has now written four Frey and McGray titles and splits his time between Manchester and Mexico City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gabrielle

I’m always very happy when the newest Frey & McGray novel shows up in my mailbox: my two favorite Victorian detectives (since the irreplaceable Mr. Holmes, of course) are just the characters to make me drop everything else I’m reading so I can devour their newest adventure. “The Dance of the Serpents......more

Goodreads review by Cynnamon

English verion below ***************** In diesem 6, Band der wunderbaren Frey & McGray-Reihe treffen unsere Helden wieder auf die Hexen aus Band 2, bzw. auf die Überreste des Hexenkults. Wie der deutsche Buchtitel schon andeutet, dürfen wir uns außerdem auf Königin Victoria freuen. Zusätzlich gibt es......more

Goodreads review by AdiTurbo

I've read all the books in the series and enjoyed them very much. This one was not as good as the first ones, though. It was all action and almost no character development and mostly repeated the same schticks over and over again. A good editor would have made sure to keep many of the scenes tighter......more

Goodreads review by Connor

~Received an ARC copy. This was another really fun Frey & McGray adventure. Its mostly centred around the fallout of book two and how the events of that book have impacted the world around them. This was really interesting and I enjoyed revisiting parts of that story. The two detectives relationship......more

Goodreads review by Kate

How I adore this series! It's a delight to spend time with Frey and McGray again and this is every bit as good as the last one. It does follow on from it so I'd recommend reading The Darker Arts first. A fabulous mix of humour, the absurd, the chilling and the historical, with some great landscapes......more

Quotes

A hugely entertaining Victorian mystery New York Times

Properly creepy and Gothic

A fun to read fast page-turner Independent

A brilliant mix of horror, history, and humour. Genuinely riveting with plenty of twists, this will keep you turning the pages. It's clever, occasionally frightening and superbly written ... Everything you need in a mystery thriller Crime Review

It's official: I am addicted to Frey and McGray

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