Goodly and Grave in a Deadly Case of Murder

Goodly and Grave in a Deadly Case of Murder
Justine Windsor

The second page-turning adventure in this sharp-witted, magical mystery series.When reports come in that valuable magical objects are being stolen, Goodly and Grave are on the case, but just when they think they know whodunit their prime suspect turns up – murdered! Will Lucy be able to track the real villain without putting herself in deadly danger…?An page-turning mystery with a magical twist.

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Version: 2017-07-04

For Charlie and Nikki

Contents

Cover (#u0dd811e4-270c-5c17-8486-f194b9b8c941)

Title Page (#u362c8173-b9e1-5934-8c8f-8de16018c289)

Copyright (#ua414ec1d-990b-5a23-91cf-64f3094d6198)

Dedication (#ua653d45d-4dc7-56a5-8ce8-baddc670f5fc)

Prologue (#u2f003366-8a93-5ce1-bbb1-a481182e0883)

Chapter One: A Grave Affair (#u5df77be5-59a1-5476-b98c-87f1f38f3d72)

Chapter Two: The Coachman and the Stinking Bishop (#u5f3c8ec4-64b8-5126-9575-c4050da852f8)

Chapter Three: Angel Eyes (#u57f7336e-1758-535a-ab8f-aa46a684eb71)

Chapter Four: The Not so Pitiless Predator (#u6ff95017-9a4b-554d-a522-386643ae202c)

Chapter Five: The Snake Ouroboros (#u3da498a5-3a34-551f-863e-026179743884)

Chapter Six: The Break-In (#ua57636de-5253-5a6b-894c-b0ad02136619)

Chapter Seven: Cockroach Crunch (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight: Uncle Ebenezer’s Quill (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine: The Emerald Eye (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten: A Very Precise Death (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven: A Mouthful of Dust (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve: Golems and Murder (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen: London Smog (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen: O’Brien’s Midnight Circus (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen: A Den of Iniquity (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen: The Poodle That Barked in the Night (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen: Lucy Cracks the Case (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen: The Real Jerome Wormwood (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen: No Choice (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty: Meeting Mortimer Thorne (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One: Stone and Earth (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two: A Pact or Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)