Welcome to my tour stop for Nero’s Fiddle by A.W.Exley. This is the third book in the Artifact Hunters series.
This is a New Adult Mystery Steampunk series with a good dose of adventure and romance. The tour runs Dec. 15-19. Check out the tour page for the full schedule.
I truly enjoyed this series and will be reviewing Nero’s Fiddle today. I’ve also included links to my reviews of Nefertiti’s Heart and Hatshepsut’s Collar.
Enjoy!
And don’t forget to enter the giveaway!
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Artifact Hunters 3: Nero’s Fiddle
One death by spontaneous human combustion is a rare act of God.
Two… is surely a freakish coincidence.
Three… well, that’s starting to look deliberate.
Cara has a new role as Queen Victoria’s artifact hunter, she’s adapting to married life and living in a country manor that more closely resembles a mausoleum.
In London, Inspector Fraser investigates a series of strange deaths by divine fire – except he doesn’t believe in coincidences. Despite himself, he enlists Cara’s help to identify what artifact could cause such a hideous death while his desire to bring her husband to justice burns unabated.Someone’s intent on making sure a decades old secret stays hidden and Cara must figure out who is responsible before this case consumes her family and rocks the entire realm to its foundations.
Cara has a new role as Queen Victoria’s artifact hunter, she’s adapting to married life and living in a country manor that more closely resembles a mausoleum.
In London, Inspector Fraser investigates a series of strange deaths by divine fire – except he doesn’t believe in coincidences. Despite himself, he enlists Cara’s help to identify what artifact could cause such a hideous death while his desire to bring her husband to justice burns unabated.Someone’s intent on making sure a decades old secret stays hidden and Cara must figure out who is responsible before this case consumes her family and rocks the entire realm to its foundations.
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MY REVIEW
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More steam punk fun with Nero’s Fiddle.
Just a warning that this is the third book in the series so there may be some small spoilers.
Cara and Nate are settling in as newlyweds and doing what they love, hunting for more artifacts.
The enigmatic and Inspector Frasier is also back and the bizarre deaths by spontaneous combustion bring these characters together again.
The fiddle is being wielded to kill and these three must combine their skills to catch the killer and maintain a startling secret.
I enjoyed the mystery in the first book, Nefertiti’s Heart. It was the second book, Hatshepsut’s Collar the blew me away. It was more of a thriller.
And Nero’s Fiddle, while also more of a mystery, is very much character driven. Something I look for in my reads.
There are many returning characters and some new ones.
Cara’s body guard, Brick, is a hoot and how perfect is his name?
Then, enter the Curator. He gave me the creeps. The story leads me to believe we’ll be dealing with him again in Moseh’s Staff, which will conclude this series.
I’m sure the author will stun us with the finale. I’m hoping all of the character’s, good and bad, will return to thrill me one last time.
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4 Stars
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Click on the covers for my reviews of the first two books.
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Anita Exley’s Biography:
Books and writing have always been an enormous part of A.W. Exley’s life.
She survived school by hiding out in the library, with several thousand fictional characters for company. At university, she overcame the boredom of studying accountancy by squeezing in Egyptology papers and learning to read hieroglyphics.
Today, Anita writes steampunk novels with a sexy edge and an Egyptian twist. She lives in rural New Zealand surrounded by an assortment of weird and wonderful equines, felines, canine and homicidal chickens.
Author Links:
Facebook | Goodreads | Twitter
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Giveaway:
One winner gets a 3 ebook set of The Artifact Hunters series by A.W. Exley: Nefertiti’s Heart, Hatshepsut’s Collar and Nero’s Fiddle.
Open Worldwide
Ends 12/24
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This tour was organized by CBB Book Promotions.
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OMG – I need to know that cover artist’s name! I wanted the books before I got to the blurb part!
LOL I know. Aren’t they glorious! The stories are super fun too.
Agreed, those are wonderful covers! And a really interesting premise for a book series. Adventure will follow anyone searching for mysterious artifacts!
Just as fun as archaeologists on a dig! These will keep you on your toes:)
I’m so glad you loved it! Thank you so much for hosting a tour stop and sharing your thoughts!
Thanks Candace. I wouldn’t have missed this and hope you’ll have another when the last book is released!
I think all three are great, looking hard at all of them. 🙂
Anna from Shout with Emaginette
They are, Anna. I don’t think my reviews did them justice, dang it.
Some awesome covers and your reviews make me think these will be a great read.
sherry @ fundinmental
They all surprised me!