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Loading... The Secret Humankind: An Urban Fantasy Thriller (The Discoveries of Julia Xero) (edition 2023)by Gloria Oliver (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Julia Xero has a hard time in her job working in the restaurant business and desperately needs a change, so when she is called in for an interview and trial for a cleaning company she applied to, Julia jumps at the opportunity. After the gruesome trial and interview, Julia is hired and that's when things get interesting. Her world is turned upside down and she learns that her job is not what it had seemed. I love how much fun ad suspenseful this book was! Urban fantasy is one of my favorite genres and I deeply enjoyed how this story played out! I can already tell this is going to be an interesting new series! ( ) This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. “The Secret Humankind” by Gloria Oliver is the first book in the new urban fantasy series “The Discoveries of Julia Xero.” We are introduced to Julia working as a waitress, but she soon finds a new job at a mysterious firm with lots of secrets. Julia along with her partner Stan Lockhart investigate murders and other strange occurrences. Ms. Oliver weaves fine tale and definitely left me wanting or more. This series has a lot of potential. I received a copy of this book from LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers program. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Orphan girl struggling to make her way in the world, and gets involved in a bit of a murder/mystery. Some fun plot twists that kept the story fresh. And a character that was engaging and kept me reading.Julia Xero has a hard time in her job working in the restaurant business and desperately needs a change, so when she is called in for an interview and trial for a cleaning company she applied to, Julia jumps at the opportunity. After the gruesome trial and interview, Julia is hired and that's when things get interesting. Her world is turned upside down and she learns that her job is not what it had seemed. I love how much fun ad suspenseful this book was! Urban fantasy is one of my favorite genres and I deeply enjoyed how this story played out! I can already tell this is going to be an interesting new series! no reviews | add a review
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She keeps her head down and cleans up messes. When the body count starts rising, will trying to make a living get her flushed? Julia Xero is stuck in survival mode. After losing the only person she loved, the introverted orphan longs to escape her toxic employment for the zen of crime and trauma scene decontamination. But when she lands her dream job and is called to a bloody rooftop with a decapitated corpse, she's horrified to come face to face with an otherworldly shark-toothed assassin. Furious to learn she's been enlisted by a clandestine race of beings against her will, Julia's dismay fountains when she finds out they implanted her with a neck bomb to ensure her lips stay tightly sealed. Fit to be tied, and her thunderous confrontation with her boss hitting a deadend, the stubborn young woman begins plotting ways to leave the energy-powered entities in her dust. Can she outwit an ancient civilization before her carotid goes boom? The Secret Humankind is the gritty first book in The Discoveries of Julia Xero urban fantasy thriller series. If you like fish-out-of-water heroines, complex worlds, and dark truths, then you'll love Gloria Oliver's multi-faceted mystery. No library descriptions found. |
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