Little Necromancers

De: Emma Devlin

Blending a twisted murder mystery in the vein of Knives Out with some dark magic, Little Necromancers is a YA ghostly whodunnit perfect for fans of The Inheritance Games and The Invocations.

Eighteen-year-old psychic Mercy Hawkins is drowning in the exorbitant debt she owes to the necromancers who resurrected her parents. Ghost therapy is an unreliable source of income, and her death predictions never come to fruition, meaning no payout. So when those same necromancers—the powerful and affluent Granville family—come to her with an opportunity to wipe the slate clean, Mercy can’t afford to refuse.

The Granvilles task her with convincing their youngest and most obstinate member, Julian, to come back to life after a brutal fall from his bedroom window. With her ability to see ghosts, only Mercy can reach him. But Mercy has her own reasons to believe that Julian’s death was no accident, and one look at his bloodied ghost confirms her suspicions.

As her employers become her suspects, Mercy reluctantly teams up with the strange and hostile ghosts haunting the Granville estate. Together, they surreptitiously investigate Julian’s murder, entrenching Mercy into a decades-long feud between the house’s two factions—the ghosts, who invisibly cook, clean, and toil for the Granvilles, and the Granvilles themselves, who must acquiesce to the ghosts’ every material demand in exchange for their service. Both sides are anxious to point the finger at the other . . . and both sides have secrets to kill for.

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“A twisty mystery full of wicked magic, devious humans, and clever ghosts, Little Necromancers will have you turning the pages well past midnight.”—Margie Fuston, New York Times bestselling author of The Revenant Games

“Clever, fast-paced, and breathtakingly twisty, Little Necromancers is a must-read for fans of whodunits with a splash of dark fantasy. Devlin sets her mystery in a spooky alternate reality, one haunted by necromancers, ghosts, witches—and the complex humans at their core. In an era where ‘cozy’ and ‘murder’ pair beautifully well, this debut marks a unique and wholly fun addition to the genre!”—Tesia Tsai, author of Deathly Fates

“A twisty, addictive, ghost-filled whodunit that kept me guessing until the last page! A killer debut!”—Maria Z. Medina, author of the Mistress of Bones duology

“Little Necromancers pulled me in right from the start, and kept me racing through its ever-darkening mysteries to the final unexpected twist.”—Patricia C. Wrede, author of The Enchanted Forest Chronicles

“Little Necromancers is a fresh, fun twist on supernatural creatures! Devlin delves into hugely important topics—peer and family pressure, the limits and importance of friendship, and grief and its consequences—with both heart and levity. This debut is perfect for teen audiences and will be an automatic addition to my classroom library. I can't wait to recommend it to my students!”—Jenny Birch, author of Woven From Clay

“Emma Devlin’s Little Necromancers is a delightfully unexpected take on the paranormal. Darkly funny and full of twists, this book kept me guessing all the way to the end!”—Mara Rutherford, author of A Curious Kind of Magic

“A whip-smart murder mystery steeped in dark magic, like Agatha Christie by way of Doctor Sleep—intoxicating and addicting!”—Gretchen McNeil, author of Ten and #murdertrending