After 20 years, two childhood friends (Johnny and Percy) meet up to investigate the mysterious death of Johnny's Aunt Alice who mysteriously died while reading the Egyptian Book of the Dead. This story is engaging and very Lovecraftian in a modern way. I will be reading the next two books in this series! Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC/audiobook which drew me into this mystery series.

I received a free audiobook copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.

Well this was an interesting book. It was a mix of gothic, family drama, romance, and mystery genres, culminating with dastardly deals and possibly supernatural influence. Wtf did I just read?

As others have said, the story starts off very slowly- VERY slowly. An awful lot happens in this book, but I think a merciless editor with a red pen should be brought on for the sequel.

The story, however, does eventually hook you in, and I was quite willing to slug it out through to the end. Percy did seem to be a bit of a Mary Sue, but I suppose it was needed for everything to work out as it did. The voice acting was great and thoroughly enjoyable.

Looking forward to the next volume!

This was pretty good. Had some trouble getting into it at first, because my concentration kept slipping, but that's a me thing. The person reading the story was alright at first, but I grew used to his voice by the end, and the text itself was also interesting enough to keep me listening.