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Violence
Some
Murder investigation; some supernatural violence; a mystery's dark corners
Language
Barely any
Literary prose; clean and atmospheric
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The strangeness of a world that has opened itself to the divine, a detective who operates in the gap between the seen and unseen, the danger of things that shouldn't be able to die
What this book is about
Cairo, 1912. Forty years have passed since a sorcerer cracked open the Kaf and beings of the divine realm entered the world. Djinn, angels, and other creatures of the unseen now walk among humans. When a djinn is found dead — an apparent suicide, which is impossible — Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha'arawi of the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities investigates. P. Djèlí Clark's prequel novella to A Master of Djinn introduces Fatma in her most compressed and atmospheric adventure.
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supernatural murder investigation
novella length
best read before A Master of Djinn
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