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Sarah Painter is the author of the bestselling magical novel, The Language of Spells, and its follow-up, The Secrets of Ghosts.

She has written 'book club' fiction with atmospheric settings and historical elements (In The Light of What We See and Beneath The Water), and a 'wonderfully dark and twisty' supernatural thriller, The Lost Girls.

Sarah's latest venture is an exciting new urban fantasy series, Crow Investigations. Yes, she finds it hard to stick to one genre!

Before writing books, Sarah Painter worked as a freelance magazine journalist, blogger and editor, combining this 'career' with amateur child-wrangling (AKA motherhood).

Sarah lives in rural Scotland with her husband and children. She drinks too much tea, loves the work of Joss Wh ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 56,176 ratings · 3,223 reviews · 55 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Night Raven (Crow Investigations #1) 3.78 avg rating — 8,222 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silver Mark (Crow Investigations #2) 4.01 avg rating — 4,778 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ward Witch (Unholy Island #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,635 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Light of What We See 3.94 avg rating — 3,755 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Language of Spells (The Language of Spells #1) 3.90 avg rating — 3,709 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fox's Curse (Crow Investigations #3) 4.06 avg rating — 3,559 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pearl King (Crow Investigations #4) 4.19 avg rating — 3,310 ratings — published 2020 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book Keeper (Unholy Island, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 2,882 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Copper Heart (Crow Investigations #5) 4.11 avg rating — 2,800 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow Wing (Crow Investigations #6) 4.21 avg rating — 2,561 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sarah Painter answered Suzy's question: I just finished The Crow Moon and LOVED it! Wrote reviews everywhere highly recommending the whole series. My question is this: You brought up the history of the Families in this book and I wondered if you ever thought about exploring some books set in an earlier time when more of the Families existed, including the Family that could change appearance? Thank you so much, Suzy! And thank you for leaving reviews, I truly appreciate your support. I have lots of ideas about the 'Crow world' and am certain I will return to it in some way... I hadn't thought about setting a whole book in the past, but it See Full Answer
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Sarah Painter answered Katy Elizabeth Life's question: Hi Sarah. I bought your book The Ward Witch & realised the story was linked to some of your earlier books. I hate being out of the loop so someone suggested to put it down for now & start with The Night Raven. The problem I'm having (and I'm only up to Chapter 3) is that I still feel I'm on the periphery of the characters, of The Crow family. Do I need to go further back? Thanks so much, best wishes, Katy Hi Katy, thanks so much for picking up TWW and TNR! The Ward Witch trilogy is standalone and you don't need to read the Crow Investigations series first. Both series are set in the same world, but they have separate locations and characters with only See Full Answer
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“Throwing things is very good for the soul.”
― Sarah Painter, The Language of Spells

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“Strangers are just friends we don't know yet.”
― Sarah Painter, The Secrets of Ghosts

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“Maybe it’s the coma, but I’m genuinely happy to be here.’ ‘You don’t have to do that, you know.’ ‘Do what?’ ‘Assume that everything is different now. You’re still the same person you always were, you’ve just got some gaps to fill in. You mustn’t think that you’re starting all over again.’ ‘Is”
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