Book review of Death on the Caldera by Emily Paxman (opens in new tab)

I read a lot of genre fiction that has been mixed with a crime drama as it is an excellent way of giving a story a solid throughline. A murder mystery can concentrate the narrative when exploring a high concept Science Fiction world. It is also a great way of giving grit to an Urban Fantasy story, grounding the magical in something real. What I do not read as often is crime mixed with High Fantasy. Emily Paxman has done just this in Death on the Caldera and has not chosen any old crime style ...