Murder mystery in fantasy world
I'm trying to remember the title or author of a book of short stories that I tried to read years ago. The author was trying to write Sherlock Holmes style murder mysteries in a fantasy world.
Unfortunately it was terrible. The rules of magic weren't well established so it felt like the author was just pulling the solution out of thin air on the last page: "As everyone knows, magic of this type can only be cast in this way, thus the murderer has to be this person."
The only thing I can actually remember about the book itself was that I had a Science Fiction Book Club copy in hard back. Based on when I was actually in the SFBC, that means it couldn't be any newer than the very early 2000's.
Anyone have any ideas?
Posted Nov 16, 2020, 6:34 AM UTC
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Maybe something from the Lord Darcy Series? I don’t remember the solutions to the mysteries being particularly magic-dependent, but it’s been years since I read this series and they’re the only fantasy Detective short stories I can think of. https://www.goodreads.com/series/43050-lord-darcy
But those were well written!
I don't think so, but it's possible. I'll try to find one and see. Thanks for the suggestion!
It might be, but as I remember the rules of magic were pretty well established in those books.