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Voyagers: A Mystery, A Ghost's Tale, A Love Story
If only the Afterlife were as simple as it seems.
Fans of ghosts, romance and mystery will want to add K.L. Nappier's suspenseful "Voyagers" to their book list. Nappier's powerful, cross-genre story telling has been compared to Audrey Niffenegger ("The Time Traveller's Wife) and Carolyn McCray ("HeartsBlood," "Indian Moon") for suspense and beautiful word play.
There are no unlikelier sleuths than Greta Roscoe & the Reverend Aaron Shane. Not because Greta is the most elegant courtesan of St. Louis’s Rag Time high society & Aaron the city’s most priggish minister. It’s because they’re dead & an angel has tasked them with solving their own murders.
“This book is wonderful! Original and totally addictive.” ~Lesley Mazey, The Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Website
“Most of the novels I read get thrown in a box under my bed, but Voyagers will be placed on my bookshelf.” ~Margaret Marr, NightsAndWeekends.Com
“...layers of historical fiction, murder mystery who-done-it...romance, supernatural thriller...and suspense...make for a most delicious reading.”~Lisa Ciurro, Tampa Book Buzz
Fans of ghosts, romance and mystery will want to add K.L. Nappier's suspenseful "Voyagers" to their book list. Nappier's powerful, cross-genre story telling has been compared to Audrey Niffenegger ("The Time Traveller's Wife) and Carolyn McCray ("HeartsBlood," "Indian Moon") for suspense and beautiful word play.
There are no unlikelier sleuths than Greta Roscoe & the Reverend Aaron Shane. Not because Greta is the most elegant courtesan of St. Louis’s Rag Time high society & Aaron the city’s most priggish minister. It’s because they’re dead & an angel has tasked them with solving their own murders.
“This book is wonderful! Original and totally addictive.” ~Lesley Mazey, The Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Website
“Most of the novels I read get thrown in a box under my bed, but Voyagers will be placed on my bookshelf.” ~Margaret Marr, NightsAndWeekends.Com
“...layers of historical fiction, murder mystery who-done-it...romance, supernatural thriller...and suspense...make for a most delicious reading.”~Lisa Ciurro, Tampa Book Buzz
312 pages, Kindle Edition
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About the author
K.L. Nappier
12 books19 followersKathy is best known for her Full Wolf Moon Trilogy. Fast-paced action and smart, stylish writing are hallmarks of her work, whether short or long fiction, thrillers, mysteries, dark fantasy, or speculative fiction.
Blending myth with modern relevance makes her novels and stories hard to pigeon-hole. But once you've discovered her you'll understand what thousands of readers already know, and why critics think K.L. Nappier is one of the best independent authors writing today.
"Her Full Wolf Moon Trilogy is an otherworldly saga...exciting..." ~ Tampa Bay Magazine
"If a reader wants to see something unusual, a little off-kilter, this would be their gem...of such quality that it can be read many times over and still enjoyed each go-around. We definitely are keeping an eye on this author in the future." ~ GoodBadBizarre
Blending myth with modern relevance makes her novels and stories hard to pigeon-hole. But once you've discovered her you'll understand what thousands of readers already know, and why critics think K.L. Nappier is one of the best independent authors writing today.
"Her Full Wolf Moon Trilogy is an otherworldly saga...exciting..." ~ Tampa Bay Magazine
"If a reader wants to see something unusual, a little off-kilter, this would be their gem...of such quality that it can be read many times over and still enjoyed each go-around. We definitely are keeping an eye on this author in the future." ~ GoodBadBizarre
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May 31, 2014
*Note: This book was given to me by the author for the purpose of reviewing*
I didn't a strong idea of what Voyagers would be about until I started reading it. It wasn't really what I expected but not in a bad way. It was simply different than the usual book. I would probably classify it as something of a Historical Paranormal Mystery. It worked well in distinguishing its storyline from other books in that way.
Summary:
Greta, a scandalous, beautiful woman who forcibly lives with her cousin, is murdered. Aaron, a newly appointed priest, witnesses her murder and is murdered, himself, as a result. But they do not simply pass on. Instead, an angel named Aridite comes to them and sets them a task so that they can pass into the afterlife: solve their own murders. However that plan proves to be more complicated than it seems when Aaron and Greta discover how much they don't know and attempt to uncover a conspiracy that threatens everyone they cared for when they were alive.
While Voyagers started out nicely and finished nicely, a part of the middle did not satisfy me. There was a sequence of about 4 chapters that was simply a large flashback. I'm typically not a fan of flashbacks, so while important information to the story was told, I found myself wishing for a small summary instead of chapters of details surrounding the past events.
This is not to say that I did not enjoy the book. I did. In fact, the second half had me absolutely riveted while the pieces of the puzzle fell into place.
I was happy to find that the characters were not one dimensional, but had a few layers of conflicting thoughts and emotions that gave them some nice depth.
The novel gave me a nice sense of closure once i was done, which was nice. There were very few loose strings which failed to be gathered up again by the end.
I also liked the shifting emotions between Greta and Aaron as the book progressed. They added an element of interest to the story. I could never tell how they would react to each other. Whether they hated or loved one another. It added some drama to this ghost tale.
The whole book was set in a time era before present day, which changed many of the events occurring in the story and showed a nice representation of what living in that era could be like, especially for women.
All in all, Voyagers was a good book that had a few slow moments, but many redeeming qualities and a great ending. I would rate it 3 and a half stars.
I didn't a strong idea of what Voyagers would be about until I started reading it. It wasn't really what I expected but not in a bad way. It was simply different than the usual book. I would probably classify it as something of a Historical Paranormal Mystery. It worked well in distinguishing its storyline from other books in that way.
Summary:
Greta, a scandalous, beautiful woman who forcibly lives with her cousin, is murdered. Aaron, a newly appointed priest, witnesses her murder and is murdered, himself, as a result. But they do not simply pass on. Instead, an angel named Aridite comes to them and sets them a task so that they can pass into the afterlife: solve their own murders. However that plan proves to be more complicated than it seems when Aaron and Greta discover how much they don't know and attempt to uncover a conspiracy that threatens everyone they cared for when they were alive.
While Voyagers started out nicely and finished nicely, a part of the middle did not satisfy me. There was a sequence of about 4 chapters that was simply a large flashback. I'm typically not a fan of flashbacks, so while important information to the story was told, I found myself wishing for a small summary instead of chapters of details surrounding the past events.
This is not to say that I did not enjoy the book. I did. In fact, the second half had me absolutely riveted while the pieces of the puzzle fell into place.
I was happy to find that the characters were not one dimensional, but had a few layers of conflicting thoughts and emotions that gave them some nice depth.
The novel gave me a nice sense of closure once i was done, which was nice. There were very few loose strings which failed to be gathered up again by the end.
I also liked the shifting emotions between Greta and Aaron as the book progressed. They added an element of interest to the story. I could never tell how they would react to each other. Whether they hated or loved one another. It added some drama to this ghost tale.
The whole book was set in a time era before present day, which changed many of the events occurring in the story and showed a nice representation of what living in that era could be like, especially for women.
All in all, Voyagers was a good book that had a few slow moments, but many redeeming qualities and a great ending. I would rate it 3 and a half stars.
August 10, 2016
The two main characters of this story are Greta and Aaron. They meet at a party of the upper ten thousand in Saint Louis in the late 19th Century. She's Courtesan and he's a budding priest and they don't like each other very much on first sight.
Later that evening, a mishap happens to both of them, because they are murdered. At first they are not aware of this fact, until a kind of angel explains to them, that they are now voyagers, and their task is to expose their own murderers, and the events that led to the deed. As voyagers, they have the opportunity to move through space and time to some extend and experience events from the past and re-evaluate them.
Technically there is nothing wrong with this book. It is well written and the plot lines are not uninteresting, but it has not really grabbed me. The suspense stayed within limits. The reason might be that there are quite a few characters in the book, and almost all have something to do with happened to Greta and Aaron.
The first two books of the Wolf Moon trilogy by the same author I liked much better (the last installment is to be published later this year, I hope).
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Later that evening, a mishap happens to both of them, because they are murdered. At first they are not aware of this fact, until a kind of angel explains to them, that they are now voyagers, and their task is to expose their own murderers, and the events that led to the deed. As voyagers, they have the opportunity to move through space and time to some extend and experience events from the past and re-evaluate them.
Technically there is nothing wrong with this book. It is well written and the plot lines are not uninteresting, but it has not really grabbed me. The suspense stayed within limits. The reason might be that there are quite a few characters in the book, and almost all have something to do with happened to Greta and Aaron.
The first two books of the Wolf Moon trilogy by the same author I liked much better (the last installment is to be published later this year, I hope).
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
May 5, 2014
This book is for people who love ghosts, romance, and mystery type of books. K.L. Nappier's book "Voyagers" is a book full of mystery and suspense at every turn and you would want to add this book to, to-read, as soon as possible. Nappier always has a way with words and makes the book exciting at every turn wanting you to stay up tell late at night trying to finish it.
It all starts with Greta Roscoe and Reverend Aaron Shane who would have to deal with the situation that they were murdered and that they have to find their murders, without help at all. The book takes off from there with them both trying to solve the mystery themselves.
It all starts with Greta Roscoe and Reverend Aaron Shane who would have to deal with the situation that they were murdered and that they have to find their murders, without help at all. The book takes off from there with them both trying to solve the mystery themselves.
December 6, 2011
This is an intriguing story with a truly original view of the afterlife. The two protagonists are murdered, and their progress through the stages of the afterlife depends upon their abilities to solve the murders in a way that allows them to look beyond the murders and their earthly aftermaths. Because of the nature of the story, much of it is necessarily told via flashbacks. The use of flashbacks can become a problem but the author handles them well and keeps the story moving along despite the frequent forays into the past.
March 14, 2021
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