
Penguin Putnam
The fifth book in New York Times-bestselling Seanan McGuire's witty urban fantasy InCryptid series about a family of cryptozoologists who act as a buffer between humans and the magical creatures living in secret around us.
"The only thing more fun than an October Daye book is an InCryptid book." —Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Sookie Stackhouse series
Destiny, Noun:
1. The inevitable or irresistible course of events.
2. The inescapable future.
3. See also “Screwed.”
Verity Price is back on the West Coast and getting back into the swing of the family business: cryptozoology. She's rescuing cryptids from bad situations, protecting them from monster-hunters, and generally risking life and limb for the greater good, with her ex-Covenant partner/husband, Dominic, by her side. Her ballroom dance career is behind her...or so she thinks.
When Verity gets the call from the producers of Dance or Die, the reality show she almost won several years before, she finds the lure of a comeback impossible to resist, and she and Dominic are off to L.A. for one last shot at the big time.
Of course, nothing is that simple. When two of her fellow contestants turn up dead, Verity will need every ally she can find—and a couple she wasn't looking for—in order to navigate the complicated steps of both the tango and a murder investigation without blowing her cover. It doesn't help that her official family backup is her grandmother, Alice Price-Healy, who thinks "subtle" is something that happens to other people.
Winning this competition may have just become a matter of life and death.
Baker & Taylor
While rescuing cryptids from bad situations, protecting them from monster hunters and risking her life daily for the greater good, Verity Price discovers that her ballroom dance career is alive and kicking when she receives a call from the producers of Dance or Die to compete in their new show. By a New York Times best-selling author. Original.
The fifth book in New York Times-bestselling Seanan McGuire's witty urban fantasy InCryptid series about a family of cryptozoologists who act as a buffer between humans and the magical creatures living in secret around us.
"The only thing more fun than an October Daye book is an InCryptid book." —Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Sookie Stackhouse series
Destiny, Noun:
1. The inevitable or irresistible course of events.
2. The inescapable future.
3. See also “Screwed.”
Verity Price is back on the West Coast and getting back into the swing of the family business: cryptozoology. She's rescuing cryptids from bad situations, protecting them from monster-hunters, and generally risking life and limb for the greater good, with her ex-Covenant partner/husband, Dominic, by her side. Her ballroom dance career is behind her...or so she thinks.
When Verity gets the call from the producers of Dance or Die, the reality show she almost won several years before, she finds the lure of a comeback impossible to resist, and she and Dominic are off to L.A. for one last shot at the big time.
Of course, nothing is that simple. When two of her fellow contestants turn up dead, Verity will need every ally she can find—and a couple she wasn't looking for—in order to navigate the complicated steps of both the tango and a murder investigation without blowing her cover. It doesn't help that her official family backup is her grandmother, Alice Price-Healy, who thinks "subtle" is something that happens to other people.
Winning this competition may have just become a matter of life and death.
Baker & Taylor
While rescuing cryptids from bad situations, protecting them from monster hunters and risking her life daily for the greater good, Verity Price discovers that her ballroom dance career is alive and kicking when she receives a call from the producers of Dance or Die to compete in their new show. By a New York Times best-selling author. Original.
Publisher:
New York : Daw Books, Inc., c2016
ISBN:
9780756408138
Branch Call Number:
PB FANTASY MCG
Characteristics:
356 p. :,geneal. table ;,18 cm.


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KatieStringer
Aug 25, 2016
"HAIL!" Rejoiced the mice. "HAIL THE LACK OF STABBING, SHOOTING AND FLAME!”
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KatieStringer
Aug 25, 2016
Destiny, noun: 1. The inevitable or irresistible course of events. 2. The inescapable future. 3. See also “screwed.
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KatieStringer
Aug 25, 2016
I know because your mice have been sending Facebook messages to my mice. They really like the caps lock key. Someone should teach them about proper email etiquette

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Add a CommentBeware of dancers they can pack an awful good punch!
This is a great addition to the inCryptid series, taking us back to Verity's story. The story was fun and fast paced - I just wish it had been a bit longer and more fleshed out at the end.
It was great to be back to Verity, but I think I'd missed Dominic more. This book was lots of fun.