Agent: Marlene Stringer, Stringer Literary. This fun, atmospheric outing is ideal for fans of C.L. Though Mary’s character isn’t quite developed enough for this emotional conflict to fully hit home, Smith draws readers into a well-developed if backstory-heavy fantasy world, and brings the threads of the mystery to a satisfying conclusion. Now Edwina must choose: protect the only family she has left, or finally confront the sister she’s given up so much to protect. Edwina helps Ian piece together the investigation he was in the midst of before his injury, and as her desire for Ian grows, so do her suspicions of her sister’s misuse of magic. But Ian unexpectedly survives, and, though he’s missing his memory, he’s drawn to the Blackwood sisters’ curiosity shop. When they stumble on private detective Ian Cameron, washed to shore and nearly dead from a head wound, Mary can’t resist using her magic to harvest his memories at the moment of his death. Witches Edwina and Mary Blackwood scrape together a meager living digging up trinkets from the banks of the Thames. The clues they find suggest a link between a series of gruesome murders, a missing person's case, and a dreadful suspicion that threatens to tear apart the bonds of sisterhood.Smith ( The Conjuror) kicks off her Raven Sisters duology with a dark and twisty fantasy murder mystery set in Victorian London. A novel by Luanne G Smith Buy from Amazon Search Sorry, weve not found any editions of this book at Amazon Find this book at In Victorian England a witch and a detective are on the hunt for a serial killer in an enthralling novel of magic and murder by the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of The Vine Witch. To help piece together Ian's lost time, he and Edwina embark on a journey that will take them from the river foreshore to an East End music hall, and on to a safe house for witches in need of sanctuary from angry mortals. She lives in Colorado at the base of the beautiful Rocky Mountains, where she enjoys hiking, gardening, and a glass of wine at the end of the day. But as their secret is slowly unveiled, a dangerous mystery emerges on the darkened streets of London. Smith is the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of The Raven Spell, The Vine Witch, The Glamourist, and The Conjurer. To retrieve his lost memories, Ian demands answers from Edwina and Mary Blackwood, sister witches with a murky past. Among his effects: a bloodstained business card bearing the name of a master wizard and a curious pocket watch that doesn't seem to tell time. After a nearly fatal blow to the skull, traumatized private detective Ian Cameron is found dazed and confused on a muddy riverbank in Victorian London. Smith has become known for her atmospheric historical fantasy, and her latest novel, The Raven Spell, transports us yet again.Set in murky Victorian London, the book begins with a nursery rhyme on the banks of the Thames, where a man’s stolen memories become part of a woman’s magical collection.

In Victorian England a witch and a detective are on the hunt for a serial killer in an enthralling novel of magic and murder by the Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestselling author of The Vine Witch.

The Raven Spell by Luanne G. Smith