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The Voodoo Killings: A Kincaid Strange Novel (Kincaid Strange Series, The Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Kristi Charish (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Vintage Canada is thrilled to announce the debut of a new urban fantasy series. Kristi Charish's The Voodoo Killings introduces Kincaid Strange, not your average voodoo practitioner...

For starters, she's only twenty-seven. Then there's the fact that she lives in rain-soaked Seattle, which is not exactly Haiti. And she's broke. With raising zombies outlawed throughout the continental USA, Kincaid has to eke out a living running seances for university students with more money than brains who are desperate for guitar lessons with the ghost of a Seattle grunge rocker--who happens to be Kincaid's on-again, off-again roommate.
Then a stray zombie turns up outside her neighbourhood bar: Cameron Wight, an up-and-coming visual artist with no recollection of how he died or who raised him. Not only is it dangerous for Kincaid to be caught with an unauthorized zombie, she soon realizes he's tied to a spate of murders: someone is targeting the zombies and voodoo practitioners in Seattle's infamous Underground City, a paranormal hub. When the police refuse to investigate, the City's oldest and foremost zombie asks Kincaid to help. Raising ghosts and zombies is one thing, but finding a murderer? She's broke, but she's not stupid.
And then she becomes the target... As the saying goes, when it rains it pours, especially in Seattle.

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“If you’re a fan of Buffy Summers and Sookie Stackhouse, you’ll definitely like Kincaid Strange.” —Canadian Living

“The Voodoo Killings is such a spectacular mix of urban fantasy and mystery it kept me up to two in the morning. Give me more Kincaid Strange.” —Faith Hunter, New York Times bestselling author of the Jane Yellowrock series

“Kristi Charish grabs the zombie novel by the throat and drags it back to square one, creating a voodoo zombie mystery that is a fresh and fantastic take on a whole genre. A must read!” —Peter Clines, author of The Fold, 14 and the Ex-Heroes series

“What a rush! Highly entertaining, original, and brimming with wit—and zombies in closets—I loved The Voodoo Killings. Can’t wait for the next!” —Julie E. Czerneda, author of This Gulf of Time and Stars

“This was an absolute delight to read. With a smart, cynical hero and zombies whose morals are as gray as the brains they snack on, The Voodoo Killings offers a fun and creepy new world—or two—to get lost in.” —Patrick Weekes, author of the Rogues of the Republic series

About the Author

Kristi is a scientist and science fiction/urban fantasy author who resides in Vancouver, Canada. Kristi writes what she loves; adventure heavy stories featuring strong, savvy female protagonists with the occasional RPG fantasy game thrown in the mix. She is also a co-host on the popular Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing Podcast.

The first installment in her debut urban fantasy series, OWL AND THE JAPANESE CIRCUS (Simon & Schuster) is out and available in bookstores and through online ebook retailers. The second in series, OWL AND THE CITY OF ANGELS, is out Jan 2016. Her second series, KINCAID STRANGE (Random House Canada), about a voodoo practioner living in Seattle, is out May 2016.

She received her BSc and MSc from Simon Fraser University in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and her PhD in Zoology from the University of British Columbia. She is represented by Carolyn Forde at Westwood Creative Artists.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B014BQZA80
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage Canada (May 10, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 10, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2612 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 354 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0345815882

Best Sellers Rank: #1,737,077 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #9,353 in Ghost Mysteries
- #31,729 in Women Sleuths (Kindle Store)
- #34,864 in Paranormal & Urban Fantasy (Kindle Store)

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Kristi is a scientist and science fiction/urban fantasy author who resides in Vancouver, Canada. Kristi writes what she loves; adventure heavy stories featuring strong, savvy female protagonists with the occasional RPG fantasy game thrown in the mix. She is also a co-host on the popular Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing Podcast.

The first installment in her debut urban fantasy series, OWL AND THE JAPANESE CIRCUS (Simon & Schuster) is out and available in bookstores and through online ebook retailers. The second in series, OWL AND THE CITY OF ANGELS, is out Jan 2016. Her second series, KINCAID STRANGE (Random House Canada), about a voodoo practioner living in Seattle, is out May 2016.

She received her BSc and MSc from Simon Fraser University in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and her PhD in Zoology from the University of British Columbia. She is represented by Carolyn Forde at Westwood Creative Artists.

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Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2024

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Kincaid, Nate, Cameron.. how are they going to fix the mess they are in this time? Her love love sucks, someone is killing trying to raise a Jinn and Kincaid has no time to figure it out.. Will she?

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Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2017

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This is one of the best books that you’ve never heard of. I hadn’t heard a peep about this book, and I follow a lot of book blogs, bookstagrams, and publishers. But then a new friend of mine posted, on Facebook, that she had read it and enjoyed it. I wanted a physical copy, not a Kindle copy, and it was really hard to find! I live in Western NY and finally found a copy from a seller in Canada. It took over 2 weeks to arrive and by the time it came I had kind of forgotten I’d ordered it. So it was a nice little surprise!
This is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. I liked the world, and the characters are well developed. The plot itself reads a lot like a “who-dun-it”, and I really had no idea until the very end who the bad guy really was. I read a lot of zombie novels, and this is not your normal zombie novel. Voodoo Killings is a fun, fast-paced romp through a paranormal world full of strange and wonderful things. I highly recommend fans of urban fantasy give the novels of Kristi Charish a try. I can’t wait for the next book about Kincaid Strange!

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Love this author.

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2017

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Everyone who enjoys sci-fi books needs to try this author. I've read all three of her books and loved them all. This book she creates a world of ghosts and zombies that is creative and thoroughly imagined with lots of action and great characters. Kincaid Strange is a loose cannon, fast talking, and doesn't always think her actions through. I was so sad when I finished, at least a new Owl book comes next month.

Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2018

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Promising start to the Kincaid Strange series. A fresh new paranormal world kept me turning the pages. I’m looking forward to more in this series.

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Very exciting! Cant wait for the next book!

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2016

The Voodoo Killings is a brand new Urban Fantasy series by Kristi Charish which introduces Kincaid Strange, a voodoo practitioner living in Seattle, Washington. Struggling to make ends meet after losing her job with the Seatle PD and now that raising zombies is technically illegal, Kincaid resorts to making the rent by performing seances. Her roommate, a deceased Seattle grunge rocker by the name of Nate Cade, occasionally assists her with these but it’s often difficult for her to persuade him to stop playing video games to do so. When a local bar owner calls to inform her that an abandoned zombie was discovered in his alley, Kincaid Strange becomes his temporary guardian while she tries to not only find out who turned him and why but to keep others from finding out, mainly her ex-boyfriend Aaron who still works for the Seattle PD.

This book didn’t even make it onto my radar (and I compile an entire list of book releases on my blog so I don’t know how I missed this) but thankfully a blogger friend (Thanks, Tammy!) brought this to my attention and I’m so very glad. I knew next to nothing about this story or the author, only discovering it was about zombies (and ghosts!) and I immediately was all on board. With an intriguing form of magic in addition to a fascinating mystery and a most charming cast of characters, The Voodoo Killings was enticing and incredibly entertaining.

“I mean, there’s hell freezing over, pigs flying, and then there’s me and responsibility.”

It’s so refreshing to read about a heroine that is not only a total badass but has flaws and power limitations and isn’t some perfect superhuman, and that’s exactly how Kincaid Strange is written. She’s brazen, headstrong, and isn’t afraid of handling business. In addition to a lead character that can hold her own, her roommate Nate is all that was needed to make up the perfect dynamic duo. But wait, there’s more! The zombies practically adopts, Cameron, fits right into the group. Kindcaid is constantly finding herself in a bind (or three) and her two sidekicks have her back and are constantly keeping her out of trouble. And even better, there is zero romantic inclinations, just pure, unadulterated friendship.

I loved the characters far more than I expected, but I really relished the intricate details of Charish’s magical world. Rather than your typical post-apocalyptic world where some virus has been unleashed causing the existence of zombies, these zombies only come alive because a voodoo practitioner makes it so. The added details regarding the dead being brought back to life to solve land disputes or to discover who murdered them was an amusing concept. Just as long as they consumed a steady supply of brains (animals brains worked in a pinch but human brains really did the trick) they remained fairly coherent for the most part. Additional interesting tidbits included details about different bindings as well as much discussion about Otherside or the energy Kindcaid draws from which comes from the land of the dead.

It was an incredibly compelling story and I enjoyed every minute of it and I do mean every minute in the literal sense. I listened to the audiobook and Susannah Jones’ narration was absolutely brilliant. I am not a night owl at all but I found myself staying up till 1:30am one night because I couldn’t stop listening. Her various voices and accents for both male and female was phenomenal and she no doubt made this already fantastic story into something even better.

Urban Fantasy fans, don’t let this one go unnoticed! The Voodoo Killings possesses a mystery that will keep you guessing, a cast of character you wish you could call friends, and a unique magic system. The ending will leave you hoping there was a second installment ready and waiting. Alas, there isn’t yet. I definitely wont be letting that one fly under my radar though.

It’s a bit difficult to find a copy of this one considering it was published by Random House Canada and currently the only format that can be purchased in the US is the audible version (but I highly recommend the audio!)

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Amanda Silman

Excellent book

Reviewed in Canada on September 23, 2016

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Having just discovered this author I love her books and cannot wait for more. I highly highly recommend them.

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The Voodoo Killings

Reviewed in Canada on May 19, 2016

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Loved loved loved this book! Kristi Charish is amazing. I'm having a hard time picking which I liked better, the Owl series or this one. This is a great take on zombies. Buy this book. You won't be disappointed.

Kate Judge

Well written fantasy set in Seattle.

Reviewed in Canada on October 10, 2016

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Really enjoyed this book. She has brought together a very recognizable Seattle with a credible underground fantasy world. Well written book with interesting characters.

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