The Squared Circle

By Morgan Delaney

The Squared Circle - Morgan Delaney
  • Release Date: 2023-02-08
  • Genre: Fantasy

Description

Who’ll protect a sleepy English village from a terrifying werewolf, when those who could, don’t believe in it? When the silver screen comes to Hawkinge-By-Hythe, it unleashes a ravenous werewolf on the town. Ordinarily, the scientific Alumière sisters would jump at the chance to get their teeth into a really good werewolf. But the three identical, pork pie-hatted Alumières are sick of being called witches, and refuse to touch it. Handsome, young entrepreneur, Lorry Tassel, would love to ignore the werewolf, but keeps bumping into it while visiting flame-haired beauty, Ruth Leeds. And he can’t shake his suspicion that the beast shares his taste for redheads… Then there’s the mystery of the town’s statues, sneaking about on some mission of their own, whenever people aren’t looking. With torch-bearing vigilantes patrolling the streets, black-hooded figures in the graveyard, a werewolf stalking the woods, and statues popping out at people everywhere, events force the Alumières into reluctant action. Can there really be a perfectly rational explanation for this much mayhem?

Reviews

  • A cozy and fun supernatural mystery

    4
    By WhiteBootsForge
    If Alexander McCall Smith and Terry Pratchett had ever opened a bookstore together, they would absolutely stock The Squared Circle. This book is by turns a satirical take on rural British life, a cozy supernatural mystery, a touching rom-com, and a poignant character study. With a werewolf mystery and a two-headed calf. I read this book voraciously- actually started going to bed at a reasonable hour so I could get a chapter or two in every night! Even the characters who are fairly stock (the nosy old lady, the couples who each think the person they love isn’t interested in them, the Nice Witch and the Grumpy Witch) are well-written. I received an advance review copy of this book for free, and am leaving this review voluntarily and gladly. I quite enjoyed it, and heartily recommend it.