These Deadly Prophecies
(Sprache: Englisch)
A teenage sorcerer’s apprentice must solve her boss’s murder in order to prove her innocence in this twisty, magic-infused murder mystery perfect for fans of Knives Out and The Inheritance Games.
Being an apprentice for one of the world's most...
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A teenage sorcerer’s apprentice must solve her boss’s murder in order to prove her innocence in this twisty, magic-infused murder mystery perfect for fans of Knives Out and The Inheritance Games.Being an apprentice for one of the world's most famous sorcerers has its challenges; Tabatha Zeng just didn’t think they would include solving crime. But when her boss, the infamous fortuneteller Sorcerer Solomon, predicts his own brutal death—and worse, it comes true—Tabatha finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
The police have their sights set on her and Callum Solomon, her murdered boss’s youngest son. With suspicion swirling around them, the two decide to team up to find the real killer and clear their own names once and for all.
But solving a murder isn’t as easy as it seems, especially when the suspect list is mostly the rich, connected, and magical members of Sorcerer Solomon’s family. And Tabatha can’t quite escape the nagging voice in her head asking: just how much can she really trust Callum Solomon?
Nothing is as it seems in this quick-witted and fantastical murder mystery.
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The best prophecies always begin with love stories and end with tragedies. Or so it s been said by fortune tellers and sorcerers. Do you think it s true? I wonder. I used to think it was just a clever little cliché that Sorcerer Solomon leveraged to market his fortunes to an anxious audience, and I can t fault him: Who doesn t hope to play the hero of their own love story? Who doesn t dread eventual tragedy? But lately, I m beginning to believe that Sorcerer Solomon really lives by those words.Lived. Sorry.
Please be patient. Toying with fate makes it hard to keep track of those hairline fractures between past, present, and future. When you spend all your time sneaking peeks at what s yet to come, getting persnickety about the precise order of time seems pretty rich. But I must, for my own sake, try to keep this story as clear and conventionally chronological as I can. A story, properly told, can save a life. This one, if I tell it right, might even save mine.
My parents say that I spend an alarming amount of time thinking about death for someone only seventeen. Honestly, it s a difficult subject to avoid in my line of work. It wasn t so long ago that doing the sort of things I do after school would have gotten me burned at some stake or another. People claim that the twenty-first century has eroded the atmosphere, mysticism, and, frankly, sheer aesthetic that once elevated the practice of sorcery beyond the comprehension of mere plebes. I tell these people that if they want to hop into a time machine and get themselves murdered by history s most notorious anti-fun police off in Puritan-ville, Salem, Massachusetts, they re more than welcome. I m not wild about murder, myself. Which is pretty ironic, when you consider the direction my life has taken recently.
But now I m getting ahead of myself again. What did I tell you? Past, present, and future, all jumbled up in my head. So let s begin at the real beginning: my pursuit of sorcery. Not
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just any class of sorcery, but fortune-telling. Even among sorcerers, bona fide fortune tellers are a rare breed. You have your illusionists considered petty entertainers and your kinetics respectable, though a bit mainstream. But fortune tellers have always been kings among sorcerers. Why not? Hollywood might have use for another illusionist to temporarily beautify a face, and the military loves its kinetic soldiers, but if there s one thing everyone everywhere wants, it s the power to screw around with the future. And no one made the future their bitch half as well as Sorcerer Solomon could.
That was really why I began working for him, you see. I told my parents it was only because I didn t get into the academic summer intensive they wanted me to take at some Ivy League school or another. Besides, I reasoned in my best Perfect Asian Daughter voice, I wanted a vacation job that I could continue working into the school year. That way, I could contribute to my college fund and develop better personal finance skills. The truth is, when the summer intensive program rejections came in, I d never been so pleased with my own apparent mediocrity in my entire life. Because I had the one acceptance that really mattered to me: Sorcerer Solomon s.
I won t lie: an apprenticeship to the most notorious fortune teller on the East Coast of the United States is an extremely weird after-school gig. There are many things, good and bad, that can be said of sorcery as both discipline and profession, but the one that most folks agree on is that your average sorcerer leads a thoroughly beyond-average life. That was why I wanted to be a sorcerer in the first place.
The thing is, no sorcerer can spin real prophecies without learning to tell a true fortune from the bullshit. S
That was really why I began working for him, you see. I told my parents it was only because I didn t get into the academic summer intensive they wanted me to take at some Ivy League school or another. Besides, I reasoned in my best Perfect Asian Daughter voice, I wanted a vacation job that I could continue working into the school year. That way, I could contribute to my college fund and develop better personal finance skills. The truth is, when the summer intensive program rejections came in, I d never been so pleased with my own apparent mediocrity in my entire life. Because I had the one acceptance that really mattered to me: Sorcerer Solomon s.
I won t lie: an apprenticeship to the most notorious fortune teller on the East Coast of the United States is an extremely weird after-school gig. There are many things, good and bad, that can be said of sorcery as both discipline and profession, but the one that most folks agree on is that your average sorcerer leads a thoroughly beyond-average life. That was why I wanted to be a sorcerer in the first place.
The thing is, no sorcerer can spin real prophecies without learning to tell a true fortune from the bullshit. S
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Autoren-Porträt von Andrea Tang
Andrea Tang
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- Autor: Andrea Tang
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 14 Jahre
- 2024, International ed, 256 Seiten, Maße: 12,7 x 18,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 0593700457
- ISBN-13: 9780593700457
Sprache:
Englisch
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Wry humor, zippy pacing, and witty banter. Moments of keen character insight lend heft to this lively and madcap mystery. Publisher's WeeklyA fun, zippy whodunnit...nods to Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers alongside Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. BCCB
Tang s fast-paced magical murder mystery is sure to delight fans of fantasy and mystery. SLJ
A twisty mystery starring an endearing cast and infused with magic, told in a voice so witty and refreshing that it's impossible to stop reading. An incredibly fun thrill-ride by a masterful storyteller. Marie Lu, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Stars And Smoke
Prophecies, pretty boys, and murder make for an astoundingly fun madcap mystery - no one weaves it together better than Andrea Tang. Gina Chen, New York Times bestselling author of Violet Made of Thorns
Clever, humorous and suspenseful, These Deadly Prophecies is a deliciously dark brew of fantasy, mystery and romance, where the sleuths are young magicians, the clues are eerie prophecies, and the twists will keep you guessing until the very end. Kika Hatzopoulou, bestselling author of Threads That Bind
Andrea Tang's These Deadly Prophecies has everything I love in a good mystery novel, packed with all the fun of a fresh and fast-paced fantasy. With notes of Veronica Mars, Only Murders in the Building, and Knives Out in a modern world of sorcerers with secrets, this book is an entertaining magical murder mystery ride fueled by clever storytelling, sharp comedic characters, and irresistibly witty banter. I couldn't put it down. Janella Angeles, bestselling author of Where Dreams Descend and When Night Breaks
A fun and clever mystery perfect for fans of Knives Out and The Inheritance Games, Tang's characters and pacy plot pull you in from the very first page and never let you go. If you always wanted The Westing Game to have a
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strong dash of Howl's Moving Castle along with Tang's signature humor and wit, this is the book for you! Amanda Quain, author of Accomplished and Ghosted
As always, Andrea Tang s characters sing off the page, witty, laser-sharp, and keenly ambitious. These Deadly Prophecies scoops you in and keeps you riveted, turning pages like you can somehow solve the mystery faster just by wanting so badly to know whodunit. Victoria Lee, author of A Lesson in Vengeance and The Fever King
As always, Andrea Tang s characters sing off the page, witty, laser-sharp, and keenly ambitious. These Deadly Prophecies scoops you in and keeps you riveted, turning pages like you can somehow solve the mystery faster just by wanting so badly to know whodunit. Victoria Lee, author of A Lesson in Vengeance and The Fever King
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