Juniper Wiles

Written by Charles de Lint

Narrated by Mia Barron

Juniper Wiles once starred as a plucky teen detective in the popular TV show, Nora Constantine. When the series ended seven years ago, Juniper made a decision to leave L.A. and return home to Newford where she joined friends at the artists' collective, Bramleyhaugh, the center of which is her pal, beloved faerie artist Jilly Coppercorn.

Now, out of the blue, the fictional world of Nora Constantine is bleeding into Newford, starting with the inexplicable murder of a young man. Juniper may have wanted to leave her role as a detective behind, but when she's accosted by the ghost of that young man everything changes. To solve this crime will require all the skills she learned training for Nora Constantine. And the effervescent Jilly, always up for a new adventure, is ready to come along for the ride.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Oct 12, 2021
• ISBN: 9781705046777

Charles de Lint

Charles de Lint and his wife, the artist MaryAnn Harris, live in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. His evocative novels, including Moonheart, Forests of the Heart, and The Onion Girl, have earned him a devoted following and critical acclaim as a master of contemporary magical fiction in the manner of storytellers like John Crowley, Jonathan Carroll, Alice Hoffman, Ray Bradbury, and Isabel Allende.

Reviews for Juniper Wiles

[liscarey · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Juniper Wiles played teen detective Nora Constantine on a successful tv show, and then made some movies that weren't so great. She decided to leave LA and go home to Newford. She's living on her residuals, and pursuing the art she once set aside for acting. This has included reconnecting with her friend, faerie artist Jilly Coppercorn, and her interesting circle of friends in the artists' collective, Bramleyhaugh. She's happy, and doing well.And then one day she's sitting in her favorite coffee shop when a young man walks up to her, and asks "Nora Constantine" to take his case. He wants her to find the man who sold him the manuscript of a new Nora Constantine novel.He thinks Juniper really is Nora Constantine. And he thinks the new novel is responsible for all the terrible things that have happened in Crescent Beach since the end of the tv show.Juniper does not respond well, and chases this obsessed fan off.The next day, the newspaper reports that his body has been found. His name was Ethan Law, and he's been missing for a week, and dead for several days. Juniper spoke to a ghost.Juniper is very, very reluctant to accept that this means she really has to take his case, but in the end there's no avoiding it. Particularly after she and others get text messages from Ethan with more information on what's happening in Crescent Beach, and a conversation with Emma Rohlin, author of the Nora Constantine novels, had written a character called Ethan Law in an unpublished novel.Oh, and she also learns that the magic stuff that Jilly talks about is not just talk or Jilly being Jilly. It's real, and strong enough fictional worlds manifest in the otherworld. The people in them manifest as real people. They matter.Juniper Wiles is starting to learn about a whole different side of Newford, her friends, and the world itself.The characters are fascinating and convincing, and as always with de Lint, they're worth spending the time with. They make me want to believe that Newford is out there, and I might visit sometime. This is a rich, textured, lived-in world.Highly recommended.I bought this book.

[n.w.moors-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Charles de Lint books are always the best, especially those set in Newford, and even more especially, those that include Jilly Coppercorn. The Onion Girl is an old favorite, so it's nice to see Jilly and the gang joined by a new character, Juniper Wiles. Juniper is a teenage actress who starred in a tv series as a girl detective but gave up acting to come home to Newford. When a mysterious man seems to mistake her for her old character and asks for her help, Juniper finds a whole new world.I really enjoyed the story. It felt a little YA-ish which is fine as it's well-written with a lot going on. As I said, I love the characters and the setting, so I have high hopes for a sequel to Juniper's story.

[quondame · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Juniper Wiles liked acting but didn't enjoy the complications of her life as an actress so she returned to Newford some years ago to pursue her other artistic interests. When the young man mistakes her for the teenage detective she played a decade before turns out to have died days before she encountered him, her world and her place in it shift in dependably Newford style.