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Avarice (Pyrrh Considerable Crimes Division Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Annie Bellet (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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In the Free City of Pyrrh, murders and other serious crimes are investigated by the Cordonates of the Considerable Crimes Division.

Struggling with his grief over losing his last partner, the last thing Cordonate Parshan Koury wants is someone else. Zhivana Nedrogovna, his new partner, is fresh out of the City Watch and not even human, and unsure she wants to work with the broody, angry Par.

As Parshan and Zhivana rush to solve a case of mugging gone wrong that soon proves far more complex, they must learn to trust each other or this first case together might be their last.
Avarice is the first book in the Pyrrh Considerable Crimes Division fantasy mystery series.
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"Law and Order with sword fights. . . Bellet shows her writing chops in that she is not only able to write a great homage to a police detective story but to combine it seamlessly with the swashbuckling, magic and world building of a fantasy novel. With great aplomb, Bellet manages to give both genres their due." - Erik Wecks, Wired.com

"Think Law and Order in Renaissance London, with a dash of magic and cat-people for good measure. . . " - Donald S. Crankshaw, Blackgate Magazine

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00A7FPVWK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Doomed Muse Press (November 13, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 13, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 944 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 183 pages
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Annie Bellet

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Science Fiction and Fantasy for gamers and nerds!

USA Today bestselling and Alfie Award winning author Annie Bellet holds a BA in English and a BA in Medieval Studies and thus can speak a smattering of useful languages such as Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Welsh. Her other interests include rock climbing, reading, horse-back riding, video games, comic books, table-top RPGs and many other nerdy pursuits. She lives in the Netherlands with her husband.

Series with suggested reading order:

The Twenty-sided Sorceress- (a complete series!)

Justice Calling

Murder of Crows

Pack of Lies

Hunting Season

Heartache

Thicker Than Blood

Magic to the Bone

Dungeon Crawl

River of No Return

Balancing the Scales

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The Gryphonpike Chronicles- (A complete series!)

Witch Hunt (Free!)

Twice Drowned Dragon

A Stone's Throw

Dead of Knight

Brood Mother

Into the North

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Pyrrh Considerable Crimes Division-

Avarice

Wrath (coming 2020)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and Different
Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2018
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This an intriguing book. It takes place in another world with 3 different species of sentient beings--human, kirgani a cat like species with shorter lives than humans, and a reptilian species, anuran. The protagonists are a female kirgani, a rookie detective and a human detective getting over the loss of his human partner. The world building by Ms. Bellet is phenomenal and I felt as if I was there with the characters. This a great start to a new series.
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j'net
4.0 out of 5 stars Read this!
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2016
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An interesting book with a few twists that provide provocative interest. It involves various humans and humanoid races in a setting rendolent of castles and sorcery ... as well as elements of eastern European governmental blocs. Yet some how the author takes the well known and twists it into something ... different. This is a high compliment. Making the well known into something new, is not a small talent. The imposed limits of the setting are followed and adhered to by the author ... no Deus Ex Machina ... at least so far. I would enjoy a bit of a faster pace and less description, but that's just me. [my example] If someone picks up a "spathazoid" and uses it to stab someone to death ... I don't need a huge description. It's sharp and pointy and it cuts ... got it. Whether it is a knife, sword, or cleaver ... is kind of irrelevant to the story moving forward. However, having said that, I also like the fact that the author lets his characters hit dead ends. That's real life. It avoids the Agatha Christie effect where the "Great Detective" knows all and sees all. Which means that I get to figure things out along with the characters ... which is another trait which makes this story enjoyable. I recommend it.
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Danielle L
5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing story
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2019
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I love the characters, they are very believable with just a touch of magic thrown in to keep things interesting. I would love to see a series with the different cases these to become involved with, and expand on their history together as detectives.
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TDA_Rook
4.0 out of 5 stars Bringing justice to criminals in the streets of a distant fantastical city.
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2016
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Annie Bellet is an author I had become aware of from twitter, and because of the large number of other author’s I like interacting with her, and the funny interactions she posted, I decided I would give her works a try. Her love of rpgs, video games and other things I like didn’t hurt. I picked up Avarice and the Gryphonpike Chronicles on Kindle and decided to start with Avarice, because who doesn’t like a story set in a city with the promise of things getting down and dirty.

Right away I could tell that I was going to get the other side of the coin, focusing on the law enforcement side of life in a sword and sorcery city, and I was excited as I’ve enjoyed Simon Green’s Hawk and Fisher series, as well as several others. The protagonist Cordonate Zhivana establishes her character quickly, and I have no doubts to her competence or why she was recently promoted to her position. Her partner we also swiftly learn about, realizing he has some dark secrets he is dealing with. The interplay between the two is believable, and while I would like to know about Cordonate Parshan, I wouldn’t be surprised is this was a large part of the sequel.

The city could have easily slipped into a clone of the standard fantasy slum filled city, but Annie puts enough touches on it to make it her own, such as the use of the Kirgani and Anuran instead of Tolkienesque races, and laying down a background that makes me think more of a medieval fantasy version of Babylon of Sumer than medieval Europe.

The plot takes several twists and turns, allowing both Cordonates to show their skills and strength of character along the course, and has a good amount of action, without allowing the action to overwhelm the story or the investigation focus.

Definitely looking forward to reading the sequel when it comes out, and also interested in seeing how Avarice compares/contrasts with the Gryphonpike Chronicles when I read them.
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Kim E. Power
5.0 out of 5 stars not a Pyrrhic victory, but true success
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2015
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My only disappointment after finishing this book was that I couldn't find the sequel. Bellet immerses us into the world of Pyrrh without explanation. Gradually this culture which humans share with two alien races begins to unfold. In one sense, it sets the stage for the series. The reviewer who said it was a cross between police procedural and science fiction is right. Think about murder in the worlds of Star Wars. Both lead detectives, we find early on, keep a significant secret. One we discover early on, but not the reason for it. The second we learn in the last chapter, which is epilogue really. Well written, characters that are enough like us for the reader to feel empathy, different enough to be part of the alien world Bellet is building. Now if I could only discover that second volume....
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well above expectations!
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2020
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While I would love to see further reveals of this interesting world, the characters and storyline more than make up for the minor shortcomings. I love the interaction between the two new partners as they get to know each other and try to make sense of their first murder case together. I can’t wait to see where their next case takes them.
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Raymond Frost
4.0 out of 5 stars It's a good solid fantasy novel
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2016
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I picked this book up after reading Annie's other series, the twenty sided sorceress and gryphonpike chronicles. It's a good solid fantasy novel. It doesn't have the humor and gaming references that 20 sided does. The two main characters seem pretty interesting, the two non-human races seem unique and interesting as well. There's magic in the world but you don't get to see much, but what you do see shows an intriguing glimmer of possibilities. It's sort of a Fantasy NCIS/CSI, maybe not as deep into the technicalities of science that those shows have but was a fun aspect of the book.

Looking forward to checking out the next book in the series. Annie is quickly becoming one those authors that I can't wait for their next offering because I know it'll be something I'll enjoy.
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C. Pratt
5.0 out of 5 stars a mystery set in great world of Annie Beliet
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2018
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This book has great world building and great character development which I expected after having read the author's Twenty Sided Sorceress series. It also has a good mystery. My disappointment was finding that the next book list of Wrath, Hunger, Envy and Lust were not available yet.
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grandpa15
5.0 out of 5 stars One of her best to date
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2017
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Please can we have the next book (now overdue)!
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Chiara Fuchs
5.0 out of 5 stars absolut lesenswert
Reviewed in Germany on August 20, 2014
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Das Buch, ein Fantasy-Krimi, ist absolut lesenswert. Zhivana, ein Katzenwesen, trifft an ihrem ersten Tag in der neuen Polizeiabteilung nicht nur auf ihren neuen, etwas grimmigen, menschlichen Partner Parshan, sondern auch auf eine Leiche.
Der Krimi ist recht geradlinig, aber niemals langweilig und am Ende gibt es sogar noch die ein oder andere Überraschung. Die Stadt und seine Bewohner sind interessant gemacht.
Das absolut Einzige, das mich an diesem Buch gestört hat, waren ein paar eingeworfene, japanische Phrasen. Nun gibt es ja Menschen, wie mich, die recht gut Japanisch sprechen und es stört wirklich, wenn die Phrasen absolut unpassend angewendet werden. Wenn schon eine andere Sprache benutzt wird, dann bitte richtig und nicht aus einem Phrasenbuch für Anfänger herausgenommen. Lasst wenigstens einen Muttersprachler im Kontext darüberlesen.
Ansonsten freue ich mich schon auf das 2. Buch. Alle Bücher der Autorin, die ich bisher gelesen habe, sind sehr gut geschrieben. Hoffentlich geht es so weiter.
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BDB
4.0 out of 5 stars Well done
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2021
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😇I I truly enjoyed the story, found it a little slow to get into but it finally
moved along.
I will certainly follow the series, I am looking forward to the sequels.
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