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Subject: Re: "Long past dues" by James J. Butcher
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On 9/21/24 23:03, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> Here I am again with some notes
> 
> -- "Long past dues" by James J. Butcher. This is a gripping tale of a 
> young barely trained witch named Grimsby, who is working for the Bureau 
> of Unorthodox Affairs but fells neglected as all he is assigned to do is 
> routine matters like reminding shape-shifters to report to the Asylum in 
> time to avoid the Full Moon's effects. His partner is a a older man 
> named Mayflower aka the The Huntsman. He kills the bad unorthodox aka 
> non-human and it has worn him down. He is missing work which is one 
> reason Grimsby is only assigned the lowest level work. Grimsby manages 
> to get Mayflower moving again and gets involved with a case involving an 
> unknown ritual. It all gets unsatisfactorially resolved as Grimsby 
> future happiness is threatened. But it is resolved and Grimsby saves a 
> life.  I see I have left out Woozle the goblin like creature who wants
> to get back to his own world and who causes Grimsby some problems.
> 
>      bliss
> 
> b l i s s - S F 4 e v e r at D S L E x t r e m e dot com

This doesn't answer the question, "Is it any good?"

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Dave Scruggs
Senior Software Engineer - Lockheed Martin, et. al (mostly Retired)
Captain - Boulder Creek Fire (Retired)
Board of Directors - Boulder Creek Fire Protection District (What was I 
thinking?)