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A Local Habitation

by Seanan McGuire

A simple errand in Faerie becomes a trail of blood in Fremont.

Genre and trope pairingsFantasyFaeParanormalFaeMysteryWhodunnit
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About A Local Habitation

Toby is sent by Duke Sylvester to check on his niece, Countess January O'Leary, in the County of Tamed Lightning, only to find murders threatening a fragile borderland between rival fae powers.

Reading signals

Spice
Light
Darkness
Dark
Pacing
Balanced

Series

October Daye · Book 2 of 20

Content warnings
  • death
  • blood
  • murder
  • injury-detail
  • gun-violence
  • body-horror
  • medical-content
  • car-accident
  • sexual assault (brief)
  • sexual harassment
  • self-harm
  • cannibalism
  • suicide (brief mention)
  • animal death
  • ableist language

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