Books by C. E. Murphy and Complete Book Reviews
C. E. Murphy, Author . Luna $14.95 (408p) ISBN 978-0-373-80235-7
Joanne Walker, a likable young Seattle beat cop, continues to learn the ropes of her even more dangerous job as a shaman in Murphy's spirited second urban fantasy (after 2005's Urban Shaman
). After a fencing lesson at the university, Joanne
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C. E. Murphy, Author . Luna $14.95 (408p) ISBN 978-0-373-80272-2
Officer Joanne Walker of the Seattle PD, a 26-year-old shaman-in-progress, combats a mysterious sleeping sickness in Murphy's intriguing third romantic fantasy (after 2006's Thunderbird Fall
). The "blue flu" has infected most of the
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C. E. Murphy, Author . Luna $14.95 (438p) ISBN 978-0-373-80292-0
In Murphy's exciting series opener, Alban Korund, a winged, shape-shifting gargoyle, is framed as a murderer. He begs legal help from Margrit Knight, a human lawyer who at first thinks he's your average Central Park stalker. Margrit soon...
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C. E. Murphy, Author . Del Rey $14 (432p) ISBN 978-0-345-49464-1
Taking a break from urban fantasy, Murphy (House of Cards
) turns to this uneven opener for a Reformation-inspired fantasy series. Belinda Primrose is a lovely young woman whose mysterious father, Lord Drake, has trained her to be an assassin...
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C. E. Murphy, Author . Del Rey $14 (461p) ISBN 978-0-345-49465-8
In Murphy’s crisply written sequel to 2008’s alternate history The Queen’s Bastard
, aliens known as the Heseth, the people of the sun, have visited Earth in what would be our 16th century, but the supernatural elements are limited
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C. E. Murphy, Author . Luna $14.95 (384p) ISBN 978-0-373-80301-9
Shaman Joanne Walker juggles ghosts, zombies and her day job as a greenhorn Seattle homicide detective in her feverishly cluttered fourth adventure (after 2007’s Coyote Dreams
). Fortunately, ghost whisperer Billy Holliday is on hand at Joanne&
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C.E. Murphy. Luna, $14.95 trade paper (360p) ISBN 978-0-373-80325-5
The eagerly awaited return of Joanne Walker starts off with a bang in Murphy's latest. Walker, who has started to embrace her shamanic powers, attends a dance performance with her boss Morrison. There's a great deal of attendant sexual tension and,...
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C.E. Murphy. Luna, $14.95 trade paper (368p) ISBN 978-0-373-80343-9
Murphy’s seventh Walker Papers urban fantasy (after Spirit Dances) shakes things up nicely. Shaman Joanne Walker has resigned from the police force after being bitten by a werewolf. Feeling called to Ireland, Jo trades in romantic interest Mike...
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C.E. Murphy. Luna, $14.95 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-373-80351-4
Murphy’s eighth and reportedly penultimate Walker Papers urban fantasy (after Raven Calls) shifts shaman Joanne Walker’s focus from her Celtic roots to her Native American ones. Jo, called back to the Cherokee reservation where she was raised, teams
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C.E. Murphy. Subterranean (www.subterraneanpress.com), $40 (264p) ISBN 978-1-59606-382-2
In this strong collection of 11 short stories, a mixture of reprints and originals, Murphy (Raven Calls) returns to the setting of her Negotiator trilogy. The spotlight is on two immortals: the dragon Janx and the vampire Eliseo Daisani. Both...
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C. E. Murphy, Author Luna $14.95 (361p) ISBN 978-0-373-80314-9
In Murphy’s oddly fuzzy fifth mystery featuring half-Cherokee, half-Irish Seattle police detective Joanne Walker, the usually feisty urban shaman and her psychically gifted partner, Billy Holliday, confront the Seattle Slaughterer, a...
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