The Unexpected Mr. Hopkins

The grande finale of the laugh-snort inducing, fantastical mystery-filled, and utterly mis-named Cassie Black Trilogy!

Morelli here.That tenant of mine, Cassie Black, seems to find herself too busy eating pastries, breaking out of jail, and saving the Magic world (again) to bother with mundane tasks like writing book descriptions, so she's fobbed the chore off on me.

Some people, am I right?

Anyway, Black won't let me see even a single page of this final part of her biggest magical misadventure to date, but since I was there for most of it, I can tell you The Unexpected Mr. Hopkins will have…

* Eager-for-battle ghosts,

* Misbehaving Tower ravens,

* On-call dragons,

* Spell-crafting elves,

* Rat-stomping trolls,

* A tiny bit of necromancy,

* And a very heroic (if I do say so myself) half-troll who just happens to like crochet and classic TV.

And even though the story features a big old battle against evil, there's still plenty of Black's wry humor, fantastical mystery, and silly situations. (Because, okay, I did manage to sneak a peek at a draft of Black's manuscript… don't tell her.)

Perfect for readers who like:

* Unconventional heroes—like a highly heroic, crochet-loving, classic-TV-watching half-troll who has to step up when the main detective is too busy eating pastries or breaking out of jail.

* Spell-crafting elves, souvenir-stealing Tower ravens, and a tiny bit of necromancy—because apparently stopping the bad guys requires all three.

* Epic-yet-ridiculous battles against evil featuring eager-for-battle ghosts, on-call dragons, and rat-stomping trolls.

* For fans of C.K. McDonnell's The Stranger Times and K.M. Watt's DI Adams series, with wry supernatural mysteries, absurd situations, and characters who can turn saving the world into one hilarious misadventure after another.

So, if you like contemporary fantasy filled with, well, all that stuff I just mentioned, you'll love the twists and turns of this final installment of The Cassie Black Trilogy 2.0.

Reading Order

The Unexpected Mr. Hopkins is Book 6 in the broader Cassie Black universe and Book 3 of The Cassie Black Trilogy 2.0. This is the conclusion of the second Cassie Black trilogy, so The Unusual Mayor Marheart and The Unbearable Inspector Oberlin should be read first to fully understand what's going on.

And if you want to see how Cassie Black's story started (amongst a bit of walking-dead mayhem), start with The Undead Mr. Tenpenny, Book 1 of The Cassie Black Trilogy 1.0.