Urban Shaman / Walker Papers 2 (C.E. Murphy)

* * *    3/5 10

The sequel to 2005's Urban Shaman pits beat cop and reluctant shaman Joanne Walker (real name Siobhan Walkingstick) against her deadliest foe yet: an ancient serpentine spirit bent on crossing over into modern day Seattle not to order an iced mocha latte from Starbucks but to take over the world!  Just a few months after meeting the Native American trickster god Coyote and grudgingly agreeing to become a shaman it was either that or death! Walker is still coming to grips with her paranormal abilities. But when she discovers the body of a dead woman in a University of Washington shower room, she's thrust into a potentially apocalyptic adventure that revolves around a good hearted coven trying to raise a seemingly benevolent spirit from the netherworld. But as the rituals intensify, Walker realizes that the 3,000 year old entity isn't exactly on a mission of peace.

Characters: Joanne Walker, Gary, Coyote, Cernunnos
Place: Seattle

Books of Walker Papers series:

1 | 2

Urban Shaman / Walker Papers 1 (C.E. Murphy)

* * *    3/5 10

Murder, new magical talents, spirits, mechanic, police...  Joanne Walker has three days to learn to use her shamanic powers and save the world from the unleashed Wild Hunt.

 No worries. No pressure. Nevermind the lack of sleep, the perplexing new talent for healing from fatal wounds, or the cryptic, talking coyote who appears in her dreams.

And if all that's not bad enough, in the three years Joanne's been a cop, she's never seen a dead body but she's just come across her second in three days. It's been a bitch of a week. And it isn't over yet.


Books of Walker Papers series:

1 | 2


Reviews:

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"There are some huge positive elements to this book. The story is nicely paced and fun with plenty of interesting twists and turns as Joanna tracks down her ad.."
http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2012/02/review-urban-shaman-by-ce-murphy-book-1.html

"  After that, though, the merits of this book start to shine through the choppy writing. Chief among them is the chosen mythological background: Walker is half .."
http://speculativebookreview.blogspot.com.es/2010/04/review-urban-shaman-by-ce-murphy.html

"  It's still a good book. It could be a better book, and I'm looking forward to Murphy's next novel, because Joanne Walker is engaging enough and the mix is int.."
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"  The author wastes no time getting into the story, dropping the reader into the plot with Joanne on the plane and drawing in the exposition as it goes along. I.."
http://allaboutromance.com/book-review/urban-shaman/

"Urban Shaman is what I like to call an “original” in the Urban Fantasy genre. One of the series that was out before the big boom. The blend of Native American.."
http://shera-bookwhispers.blogspot.com.es/2014/02/review-urban-shaman.html

"  I don’t give a one star review to a book very often. Usually, when a book is only worthy of one star in my opinion, it ends up in my DNF (Did Not Finish) pile.."
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"   Urban Shaman is one of my favorite urban fantasy books, mainly because of the great cast of characters. There’s a cross-dressing detective who sees dead peopl.."
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