I did wonder why, in 500 years, she didn't experience as powerful of a love interest, but this emphasizes how significant it is when it does happen. It's always fun to read a book set somewhere you've been, even if the places are altered somewhat by fantasy. From time travel, to mystery, to history and romance, the tropes of each combine well to create an original, niche story.

One thing that really sets Her Name Is Murder apart from other books is the neat mashup of genres. A woman whose name is Murder? The intriguing title & cover images were just the beginning. Wonderful to listen to on a rainy day or to spark joy on a commute.I was initially pulled in by the title. The tone of the book is fun throughout with good doses of sarcasm. The dialogue is crisp, and the main characters are good people (or beings) at heart. Throw in the Tudors and the Salem Witch trials, and you have this plot, which spans centuries through flashbacks. What happens when a detective falls in love with an immortal named Murder? Fun, love, and magical shenanigans. Her Name is Murder is based on a unique premise: immortal beings (not vampires) who have golem-like protectors, and both forms of existence are curses. This is an audiobook to listen to when you want a bit of history, tons of magic, a bit of romance, and a whole lot of imagination and music references. The narrator did exactly that with her stellar performance. I first read this book on my Kindle, but I also ordered the audiobook because I wanted to hear it come alive in a voice other than the one inside my head. We keep our heads down, lest you lot make them roll.įun book that history and magic buffs will love. The blessed, the cursed, the mages, and the witches. We have existed in the shadows of your world for all of history. She has yet to figure out how to save herself. She’s devoted her life to helping trans-girls in need.

The Curse of the Ageless prevents her from physically becoming a woman permanently. A trans-woman, and white-out Victorian goth, who has learned to excel at glamours and wards. Maybe, just maybe, he’d like to be a real boy. Levi just wants a good book, and a hot guy. No one knows just how tied the fates of the Protectors are to their charges.

Levi Esmund is a Protector of the Ageless sculpted from Clay by Murder’s mother to be her companion. Can NYPD detective Grant Noble III solve her mysteries in time to save her? Maybe it’s him that needs saving? A public attempt on the life of her rock 'n' roll alter ego, Lady Dreamscapes, and a chance meeting of subservient immortals in need, threaten to take away the life she holds so dear. She has returned 40 years later to her favorite borough in New York City, hoping to finally settle down and hide her secret by taking the identities of falsified heirs. When you don’t age, people take it personally. Magical musician Murder LaVoe is tired of running.

Her Name Is Murder by A.C. Merkel