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    Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments
    Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments
    Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments
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    Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments

    By T. L. Huchu

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    “Alluring, shadowy Edinburgh with its hints of sophisticated academic magic will draw you in, but it’s Ropa - a hard knocks ghostalker on her paranormal grind to pay the rent - who grabs hold. The moment you meet her, you’ll follow wherever she goes.” - Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six

    T.L. Huchu returns with the gripping Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments, the next in the Alex-Award-winning Edinburgh Nights series.

    Some secrets are meant to stay buried

    When Ropa Moyo discovered an occult underground library, she expected great things. She’s really into Edinburgh’s secret societies – but turns out they are less into her. So instead of getting paid to work magic, she’s had to accept a crummy unpaid internship. And her with bills to pay and a pet fox to feed.

    Then her friend Priya offers her a job on the side. Priya works at Our Lady of Mysterious Maladies, a very specialized hospital, where a new illness is resisting magical and medical remedies alike. The first patient was a teenage boy, Max Wu, and his healers are baffled. If Ropa can solve the case, she might earn as she learns – and impress her mentor, Sir Callander.

    Her sleuthing will lead her to a lost fortune, an avenging spirit and a secret buried deep in Scotland’s past. But how are they connected? Lives are at stake and Ropa is running out of time.

    Edinburgh Nights series:
    The Library of the Dead
    Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments
    The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle
    The Legacy of Arniston House

    At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateApr 5, 2022
    ISBN9781250767813
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    T. L. Huchu

    T. L. Huchu is a writer whose short fiction has appeared in publications such as Lightspeed, Interzone, Analog Science Fiction and Fact and elsewhere. The Library of the Dead won Best Novel at the Nommo Awards, presented by the African Speculative Fiction Society. And his work has also been short-listed for the Caine Prize and the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire. Between projects, he translates fiction from Shona into English and the reverse. He is the author of the Edinburgh Nights series.

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    • 5/5
      Oh, how I loved returning to this version of Edinburgh and to the snarky Ropa Moyo! Part Two of Edinburgh Nights is everything I hoped it to be. A fantastic and thrilling mystery steeped in magic and twisted politics. So much more is revealed about The Library of the Dead, as well as a bunch of other new places and people. But, once again, my favorite part is Ropa. What a character she is. I totally believe in her and also love her friends Priya and Jomo, her magical scarf Cruickshank and trusted vulpine friend, River. Her gran and sister Izwi are truly the heart of Ropa, and they play an important role in her journey as well. I don't think I'll ever tire of her! Can't wait for the next one.
    • 4/5
      Ropa is hoping that her internship will provide the cash her family needs since her ghostalking business has fallen to the wayside. The internship is unpaid, but it looks like she has a small side job helping her friend Priya find out the cause of a patient’s coma. Ropa also picks up a job that she is uses her new liblrary access in order to help someone recover an inheritance. As she is working both cases, her boss is also trying to get Ropa’s younger sister into one of the magical schools and Izwi doesn’t want to go even with a free ride and all the opportunities it will give her. Even with her plate overflowing with work Ropa knows she still has to study and learn more so her internship can be converted to a paid one and also become a full fledged magic user.

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    • 5/5
      This was so good, Ropa is amazing as a character. Just trying to do right by her family and community. Ropa is just trying to earn enough money to help her family move up at least one rung on the economic ladder. Kids are getting sick; adults are burned to death and there is big money to be found. I love how we spend time with Ropa and her thoughts, while trying to puzzle out what in the heck is going on. Another note: I as a rule never read ghost stories or mysteries, so will someone please explain to me how it is that I love this series.
    • 4/5
      Ropa’s business lost all credibility when she took time out to figure out what was happening to the kids that disappeared. She solved her case but wrecked her reputation. Now she must find some way to supplement her income to make sure her sister and grams have food and a warm place to stay. She has a great opportunity to apprentice for a with a renowned magic user who is a bit eccentric. But never having been to a magic school gets in her way when she fails the magic test. So, no apprentice ship for her. However, the magic man sees potential and decides he wants to work with Ropa. But it will have to be as an intern. That means no money. Ugggghhhhh. However, Ropa can not pass up the opportunity no matter how much she may want to.To help earn a little green she takes on a case at the Our Lady of Mysterious Aliments magical hospital. Something has happened to a boy named Max Wu that is beyond all their knowledge of medicine and magic. While the main story is finding a cure for Max, this story has multiple story lines going just like the original books in the series. As readers we get to learn about the Bank of Scotland and how it came to be, how it exists in this alternative society, and how magic is tied up with all of it. We also meat a nice Canadian who just wants his family money out of the bank. Plus, we finally lean more about the library of the dead. There is actually more about the Library of the Dead in this book then there ever was in book one. And it is really interesting. Really.I liked this book just like I did the first one. I find even though it is not the best book I have ever read; I cannot stop thinking or talking about it. I like how it mimics life where everything is happening at once. Not use one story line from beginning to end. The author does a great job of weaving and completing most of these story lines but leaving just enough to make you excited for the sequel. And that I am. I need book 3 now. But odds are I may have to reread books 1 and 2 before I start that a year from now.
    • 4/5
      The utter obliviousness of people with money to those without. GAH! Ropa is trying to get her way into the magical society, to try to find a reliable life and eat, meanwhile they offer her an unpaid internship and all the problems in the world. She's helping her friend Priya discover why an illness is resisting magical and medical remedies and meanwhile trying to learn more about the world she finds herself in, a world where everyone seems to want her out of it.With everyone keeping her in the dark no wonder she gets things wrong and steps on the wrong feet occasionally but survival is hard in her world and she needs to survive, something many of the people with power in her world forget about her.Didn't hit as hard as the first story, it's starting to get into a grove of series and I'm interested to see what happens next and what is going to happen to the various friendships and relationships along the way. But Seriously Ropa needs a break.
    • 4/5
      Absolutely wonderful. More players, since it's a sequel, so I had to work harder to keep up at times, but it never felt too difficult (as some fantasy books can). I also really loved the history, the Scottish mythological bits, and just the general feeling of being immersed in a place I've not studied much but can absolutely see when I look through Ropa's eyes. Lots of loose threads left, and I can't believe I've got to wait some more for the next book!
    • 4/5
      I have not read the first book in the series, but didn't feel like I needed to scramble in order to get up to speed in this one. Once you become accustomed to Ropa and her companions' dialect/slang, you feel right at home. Some of the expressions are dead-on funny and her use of quotes by authors and philosophers in literature flesh out situations nicely. Part teen trying to survive, part supernatural, and part mystery sums this up nicely. Minor characters are relevant to the story as opposed to being sprinkled in to add flavor. If you're having trouble getting into this book, PERSIST, you won't regret doing so for you'll find a dandy tale in your hands.

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