Flames Over Frosthelm – Inquisitors’ Guild Book 1

It’s not every day your suspect explodes

Sometimes, your case takes a left turn. Or three or four. Marten Mingenstern and Boog Eggstrom are provisional inspectors, fresh out of Inquisitor’s Guild training and eager to prove themselves. Assigned the mundane task of tracking down stolen jewels, they instead uncover a mysterious cult set on destroying the city.

After a thief explodes, they earn the enmity of a vicious noble, the Chief Inquisitor gets bought off and goes rogue, they are seized by barbarians, and they are sentenced to death at least a couple of times. In a final, frantic race with prophecy, they face ruthless fanatics, a city turned against them, and terrible forces long buried.

★★★★★
Once in awhile, I hug a book when I finish it. I definitely hugged this one.

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★★★★★
Flames Over Frosthelm is a mash-up of epic fantasy and detective/procedural and it is absolutely awesome.

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★★★★★
Wow — this might have been the most plain-out enjoyable read among all the last 100 or so books I’ve read to a finish!

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