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Gobbelino London & a Menace of Mermaids (Gobbelino London, PI Book 6) by [Kim M. Watt]

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"I was expecting a throne made from the skulls of your enemies."
"It can be arranged."

I'm not saying the entire magical population of North Yorkshire want us dead. Just the majority. Which is why we fled Leeds to hide out in the dubious safety of the seaside town of Whitby, where no one should've been looking for us.

But lying low isn’t really in our skillset, and when one of our few remaining friends is taken by the sea, we can't just walk away. We've got to get her back. Especially as her partner is a reaper with a scythe that can slice through reality, and the whole situation might be a teeny, tiny bit our fault.

We're not going after Emma alone, though. We've got a one-eyed pirate captain, a bloodthirsty parrot, and a deeply dodgy mermaid, and not even the storm of the century is going to get in our way.

The Black Dogs, the kraken cult, and the Sea Witch, on the other hand, might be a bit of a problem.

Leeds is looking better by the moment …

This is the sixth book in the Gobbelino London, PI urban fantasy series, centred around the adventures of a mercenary feline PI and his human sidekick. It contains snarky cats and other gods, many bad jokes and terrible puns, plus a large serving of mythological and real creatures behaving badly. It will appeal to anyone who likes their fantasy funny, modern, and filled with friendship rather than romance - and also to those who suspect their cat may be living a great and secret life when they're not looking.

A Menace of Mermaids contains some violence, particularly involving mermaids with a grudge and threatening kraken, but none of it is graphic. It contains no sex and only mild language. It does, however, contain blasphemy.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C3YZN5SP
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kim M. Watt (May 19, 2023)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 19, 2023
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3195 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 315 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #31,091 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #324 in Private Investigator Mysteries (Kindle Store)
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Hello lovely people!

I’m Kim (as you may have guessed, given that you're on the author page for Kim). I write funny fantasies and off-beat cosy (or cozy, depending where you're from) mysteries set in a world not so dissimilar to ours - and in fact sharing many locations.

And in this not-dissimilar world you'll find mystery-solving dragons with a strong affection for barbecues and scones, and snarky feline PIs with human sidekicks. You'll run across baking-obsessed reapers running petting cafes stocked with baby ghouls, Apocalyptic riders on Vespas, and women of a certain age Getting Things Done. There may even be the odd born-again troll redefining troll-ness for the modern age about the place.

You'll find myth and reality clashing in small and spectacular ways, and discover the healing magic of tea and a really good lemon drizzle cake.

But, most of all, there will be friendship, and loyalty, and people of all species looking out for one another. Because these, above all things, are magic.

And you can find me rambling on about all this (and more) over on my website (www.kmwatt.com), or join me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for bad puns and many, many cat memes. Many.

Come join me!

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D. Flagg

this a shanti I’m thinking

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 27, 2023

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Did I love you? Don’t wonder
Will you leave me, who knows?
But I’m bound to it strongly,I can’t go
And leave the tale, never to know!
By Gobs! By Gobs! I’ll see it through
By Gobs, by Gobs, I will miss you!

The story was great
The tale as was told
The writing was good
Shining like gold
By Gobs! By Gobs! I’ll see it through
By Gobs, by Gobs, I will miss you

Others will read it
And others will know
It’s a tale well worth reading
Though my heart may stop beating.
By Gobs! By Gobs! I’ll see it through
By Gobs, my Gobs, I wish t’was not true.

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This was so fun!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 23, 2023

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Gobbelino, Callum and Green Snake had to get out of Dodge/Leeds after the events in Book 5. They're holed up in a bizarre little town and they're surrounded by some strange people and critters. The pair work for a shady one-eyed pirate aboard a crappy tourist-y pirate ship. Before long they're asked to help locate the missing Gertrude the Reaper. Then the plot thickens.

I loved being back with these three- they're so much fun! There are some interesting new characters as well. The bloodthirsty budgie, the creepy rat Merv, the smarmy leisuresuit-wearing mermaid, Keith... they attract some really weird characters. Some elements of the plot pick at dangling threads from the previous five books, too. For such a lighthearted series there are still some serious, and as-yet-unresolved, undertones.

The last book in this series will be out later this year, which is both good news and bad, since it's going to be finished!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 19, 2023

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I thoroughly enjoyed this latest entry of the Gobbelino London series. This time we're far afield from the usual haunts. It's a whole new world for our intrepid heroes and they're floundering a bit. And that's where all the action starts! They go from one adventure to another, encountering all sorts of folk and Folk. It's one heck of a voyage, building up to an intriguing finale.

I voluntarily read an Advance Reader Copy of this excellent cat tale and couldn't resist adding it to my ever-growing library of this author's books. I was highly entertained and think you will be too! I can definitely recommend it to anyone who loves cats, world-weary P.I.'s, little green snakes and all sorts of magically odd happenings.

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Jodi Henley

Sad there's only one left, hoping the spinoff comes soon.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 20, 2023

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Before you read this episode, read "The Watchers and the Watched" from The Cat Did It or you'll miss some great background. I love the way this author ties everything together across all her books. This is a little more action based than the other Gobbelino books (except for maybe the zombie book which also had a ton of action), and I was hoping for more Gobs and Callum moments, but once you read it you'll see why. Lots of friendship and good feels. Well worth reading. I'm hoping for a Beaufort/Gobbelino crossover. Another excellent book that needs another read through to fully appreciate.

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Smith

So Much Fun!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 25, 2023

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This is my favorite of this series. Wonderful dialogue, lots of action, great characters and an overall plot spanning the 6 books. Gobs is in his element, with some of the funniest lines I have ever read. It is a good thing he is a cat, because otherwise he would get beat up a lot. Oh wait, he does get pummeled a lot, by just about every creature imaginable. He's just lucky the parrot held back.

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Erika Koch Utsler

Another fine Gobbelino London tale!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 20, 2023

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Gobs and Callum (and Green Snake!) have made a hasty retreat from the unpleasantness in Leeds and find themselves in Whitby. Of course, our heroes can't catch a break, so trouble finds them soon enough. Their misadventures involve old friends, new acquaintances, and the Watch, and their pasts seem to be catching up with them, even if they don't know why. Enjoyed this volume of the series immensely, and looking forward to the next one!

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ANSWER 42

Another off the rails (deck?) adventure!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 23, 2023

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Great addition to the GL series. Of course we get our dosage of quirky, funny, and memorable characters, beautifully descriptive, feel-as-if-you're there settings, and witty, snarky banter. This is a stand alone book in the series,but if you've read the previous books this story provided some great backstory of Gobbs and Callum. It's sad the next book will end the series, but you know it's going to be a super satisfying conclusion as Kim wonderfully weaves past story bit threads into a new tapestry.

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A new setting for our pair! with pirates and a parrot!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 21, 2023

Gobs is back, trying to rein in Callum this time in a seaside town where they are hiding from the whatever tried to suck Gobs/both of them into the InBetween at the end of book 5. There are new characters, and we don't see much of the Dimly crew or Dr. Jones.
I found I had to go reread the end of Weres to remember just why it was so important that they hide - it's been a year after all! But for me, that made the beginning a bit slower than I hoped, and there isn't really a big "action" scene until a bit later.
I took a 1/2 star off because this book has some character growth, but the overall story arc doesn't develop much further, and we don't learn much more about the magical world, or the big bad that's out there.
That said, it was very fun, an atypical take on mermaids, Rats! unlike the rats we've met before, a sea monster, Polly the Parrot, lots of good fun, some scares, and a few lovely moments where the author waxes philosophical (which just make me smile every time).

Don't start with this one, but if you have ready any of Kim Watt's books, you won't be disappointed!

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hilary

As Brilliant as always

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 21, 2023

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compellingly scary at times, and always fun and entertaining.

ravenflowers

Our snarky cat detective is back

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 19, 2023

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A rat Kraken-Cult, a parrot with preferred pronouns and of course Gobbelino mouthing off, just to make every situation go from bad to worse.
Gobbelino and Callum are supposed to be hiding, keeping their heads down in Whitby, but somehow they anger the Sea Witch and a pack of Black Dogs. And a baby from A Scourge of Pleasantries , all grown up now, has returned. How could this get any worse?

Love the story. I'm both looking forward to the final book and never wanting the series to end.

Tiny Bulcher

Callum and Gobbelino make a splash

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 19, 2023

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Everyone's favourite cat PI returns in an adventure set not in Gobs and Callum's home patch of Leeds, but out on the coast in Whitby. They are hiding out. From ... well, everybody. Mysterious and nefarious cabals seem to want our heroes dead, for reasons that remain unclear. So on the advice that Whitby is so weird anyway they'll hardly be noticed, they retreat to the seaside.

Buckets and spades are not in order, however. For one thing, it's winter. And more importantly, Gobs' and Callum's troubles do not cease with a change of locale. Far from it. In fact they get a whole new set of problems, including but not limited to pirates, mermaids, crazed rats, stroppy parrots, a sea witch ... and Keith. Oh, yes, and a reaper has gone missing. Quite enough to keep them busy.

This instalment is as fun and fast paced as ever, and things (and Gobs' swearies) take a distinctly nautical turn. Gobs does not regard this as a vast improvement, but for us landlubbers the whole escapade is hugely enjoyable. Arr.

Just Julia

Humour Interleaved With Magical Peril

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 19, 2023

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The Gobbelino London series is a mostly a lot of fun. Our supernatural investigating team (consisting of one extremely kind human (Calum), one mouthy cat (Gobbelino), and a small green snake (Green Snake) who turned up on a previous adventure and won't leave) have taken on many mystical menaces over the previous five books. Out of these terrifying tribulations a complex conspiracy is slowly seeping into view and they have had to flee their home in Leeds and take up residence in Whitby which is where this book opens.

Whitby is peopled by weird and wonderful characters from Hilda the Pirate Captain, the angry bar-faun, the mermaids and a sea witch whose deal-making would make an oil & gas industry corporate lawyer green with envy, a kraken, talking rats, black dogs, a coven of rather argumentative witches, killer whales, members of the public. Oh, and two friends from Leeds, on a mini-break. Against a background of Whitby in winter, north sea storms with bitter winds, our heroes work on a fake pirate ship pro bono, struggle to keep their friends alive, fight to free themselves from the Whitby one way system, whilst snarking and grousing and trying to make sense of the mysterious happenings and complex motivations surrounding them.

Counterbalancing the humour, this book is pervaded with the icy cold, the damp, the confusion of our heroes being out of place, disoriented, almost lost. This is probably the most grim of Ms Watt's Gobbelino London books. I recommend this book if you have read the others. I suggest that if you haven't, then you would benefit from reading the others first. There is a lot of backstory which is referenced with brief explanations making it accessible to new readers but you would lose the nuances; although not spoiling the story, this lack of backstory knowledge means there is a dimension of the story that you are missing, which would be a shame.

Can't wait to read the final book in this series and see all those loose ends tied up in one big satisfying (and/or terrifying) conclusion.

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