Descripción editorial
In 1890s Paris, a librarian and a detective must track down a killer – before the city goes up in flames. The Mortal Word is the enthralling fifth instalment in the Invisible Library series from Genevieve Cogman.
A corrupt countess. A spy in danger. And an assassin.
Peace talks are always tricky – especially when a key diplomat gets stabbed. This murder rudely interrupts a top-secret summit between the warring dragons and Fae, so Librarian-spy Irene is summoned to investigate. With her detective friend Vale, she must track down the killer – as peace hangs by a thread.
Accusations fly thick and fast. Irene soon finds herself in the seedy depths of the Parisian underworld on the trail of a notoriously warlike Fae, the Blood Countess. However, the evidence against the Countess is only circumstantial. Could the assassin – or assassins – be closer than anyone suspects?
Continue the witty and wonderful series with The Secret Chapter.
Praise for the series:
'I absolutely loved this' – N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season
'Irene is a great heroine: fiery, resourceful and no one's fool' – The Guardian
'Cogman keeps upping the ante on this delightful series!' – Charles Stross, author of the Merchant Princes series
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Following on the heels of The Lost Plot, Cogman's exciting fifth Invisible Library adventure finds Librarian Irene Winters, who travels through time rescuing rare and dangerous books and hiding them in the interdimensional Library, called to a version of Paris where peace talks between dragons and Fae have been interrupted by the murder of one of the principals in the dragon delegation. Also summoned to investigate is Peregrine Vale, "the nemesis of criminals across Great Britain," and rounding out the team are Mu Dan for the dragons and Lord Silver for the Fae. As keepers of the balance between the chaos generated by the Fae and the order promulgated by the dragons, the Librarians have been brought in as arbitrators, but the deceased mentioned "a mysterious book," leading some to suspect the Librarians of the murder. There are also rumors that the powerful and malevolent Blood Countess is involved, and Irene sees connections with the death that she and the dragon prince Kai investigated in The Lost Plot. Cogman ably combines sleuthing with politics, magic, and a bit of romance for a satisfying tale.
