Laura Laasko – Fallible Justice

Here is a book I was never meant to read, but by some fluke, I got the chance to read and even be a part of the Blog Tour! Fallible Justice by Laura Laasko is a fantasy crime thriller which is out of this world, in more ways than one.

Yannia Wilde is a Private Investigator in Old London who is better at her job than many others, not only because she is determined but also because she doesn’t need to just rely on normal methods for investigation. She has magical powers to aid her when she is stuck. Karrion is her ‘apprentice’, again with lesser if you can say that, magical powers but still paranormal. Yannia takes a case that seems to be impossible. A man, convicted of murder by the infallible All-Seeing Heralds Of Justice, who says he is innocent but would not provide his alibi due to the consequences of doing so. His daughter employs Yannia and Karrion to prove the unprovable as the heralds are never wrong, and she has a few days to do it! This sends the pair off to every corner of Old London, where they come across every type of magical and human characters.

I cannot say how much I loved this book. I was unsure at first but then willingly fell into a world of magic! Mages, Shamans, Wild Folk and Feykin… I wrapped myself around this world and didn’t want to let go, even to the last page. The imagery in the first chapter alone grabs you immediately. Then Old London which is sort of familiar, the normal and paranormal living together still a little uneasy with the bounds of magic.

Fallible Justice is Laura Laakso’s debut, well, what can I say! Wow! So well written, the style, pace and tension in the story kept me in that world until long after I finished the book. With massive thanks to Damp Pebbles Blog Tours for the chance to be a part of this magical Blog Tour!