Crowbones

The World of the Others

By: Anne Bishop

Narrated by: Alexandra Harris

Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

In this engrossing and gripping fantasy set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Others series, an inn owner and her friends must find a killer—before it’s too late.…

Crowbones will gitcha if you don’t watch out!

Deep in the territory controlled by the Others—shape-shifters, vampires, and even deadlier paranormal beings—Vicki DeVine has made a new life for herself running The Jumble, a rustic resort. When she decides to host a gathering of friends and guests for Trickster Night, at first everything is going well between the humans and the Others.

But then someone arrives dressed as Crowbones, the Crowgard bogeyman. When the impostor is killed along with a shape-shifting Crow, and the deaths are clearly connected, everyone fears that the real Crowbones may have come to The Jumble—and that could mean serious trouble.

To “encourage” humans to help them find some answers, the Elders and Elementals close all the roads, locking in suspects and victims alike. Now Vicki, human police chief Grimshaw, vampire lawyer Ilya Sanguinati, and the rest of their friends have to figure out who is manipulating events designed to pit humans against Others—and who may have put Vicki DeVine in the crosshairs of a powerful hunter.

©2022 Anne Bishop (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"A compelling exploration of manipulative personalities, small town murders, and the lengths to which these fascinating and beloved characters will go in order to protect one of their own."—Library Journal

great storyline and flow

the character development is fantastic and I loved seeing the different regions come together! This book is a great follow up in the series.

Great series. Looking forward to the next

Really love the imaginative world build, engaging characters, really creative. I’d definitely like living in a mixed settlement.

Riveting

The narrator did a wonderful job of voicing the characters, especially Vicki since she was so mercurial. The elementals and others played a huge part of the story, and the build up to who was being hunted kept me glued to the story. I can’t wait to read the next book in this series and see how the new characters will change things.

Awesome new world books

Anne Bishop has created some of the best alternate world books I’ve read in a long time I highly recommend this series from start to finish.

Lucky I found out it was already out!

Lucky I found out it was already out!
I love it!! And the whole series ❤️

Looking forward to more

We’re back with Vicky at The Jumble in Sproing after the last book centered around the people and events in the town of Bennett. Vicky’s inn is up and running with guests and she has some of the Crowguard working/staying with her to assist. As usual there are a few humans making trouble, tainting minds and capturing the attention of The Others, and not in a good way. Some people just never learn. Vicky and her friends must tread carefully so they don’t get between a deadly Hunter looking to weed out the bad.

I’ve loved The Others series from the beginning and so I was excited to get another glimpse into life in Sproing and catch up with Vicky, Wayne Grimshaw, Julian, Ilya and the rest of the Lake Silence crowd. Vicky seems to hold a similar position in the stories as the books that centered on Meg. A human that captured the attention and hearts of the The Others, meriting their protection. I will say that Meg and Simon’s books continue to be my favorites of the series. Vicky is likable, but I feel the newer stories don’t hold that same special place in my heart. I think part of that has to do with the fact that there’s no clear romance here. I think Julian is meant to be the love interest for Vicky, but I honestly think she has more chemistry with Chief Grimshaw. Don’t get me wrong, these newer stories are exciting and captivating, as well, and I eagerly look forward to every new installment! The story wrapped up nicely, but there’s definitely room for more!

As usual Alexandra Harris does a wonderful job with all the characters. I listened at my normal 1.5x normal speed.

Enjoyable

I really enjoyed this trip through “The World of the Others” and reread Lake Silence again so I was ready.
I enjoyed the creativity of the storyline and world building and another visit with these characters.
I can only give it a 4.5 tops as the momentum flattens and storyline weakens when Grimshaw starts checking towns and Ilya checks the background of the kids but they both seem to just let these points sit on the back burner. No Go.
Harris does a decent job with the narration. Her pacing is good but a few times it was hard to differentiate between so many characters and a mispronunciation annoys me no end. Just one of my quirks.
Still definitely a Recommend.

Brilliant

Miss Bishop never disappoints. You're transported to another place. A must-read for sure, I've read and listened to all her books and will read anything she puts out.

Good listen

Good story with an interesting and entertaining plot. The narrator did a great job - I will not get the eeriness out of my head for the “Monkey Man” in quite awhile.

Loved it!!

I hope there will be more Others books like this in the future! I love this series and it’s spin off and this book was another great addition to the series. Highly recommend!!