Fantasy Mystery
Julian Herschel
Perfect villages. Manor-house secrets. A party of misfits commonly known as the Rusty Tankard.
Julian Herschel writes fantasy-mystery adventures centered on isolated places that seem to work too well, until the cracks show.
Series
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Commonly Known as the Rusty Tankard
A fantasy mystery-comedy series where the same party tackles systems that work too well, and every escape costs something.
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A broke adventuring party, a furious giant, and a succubus who is definitely not who she seems - this free prequel mystery throws the Rusty Tankards into a tavern full of liars and one very bad night.
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The Village That Watches
Book 2A comedic fantasy about a village that's too perfect — where everyone is kind, everyone is calm, and no one ever leaves. The Rusty Tankards are about to find out why.
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The Case of the Wrong Order
Book 3 Recently ReleasedWhen a notorious blackmailer dies at dinner in Babbington Manor, Nyx and her misfit companions must solve a locked-room murder where everyone already tried to kill the victim.
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In a hidden retirement community for defeated dark lords and mad scientists, a newly deposed emperor refuses to retire and triggers a crisis that could collapse the only place built to contain them.
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The villain won, the realm is collapsing, and the only person who can save it is a divorced office manager with a spreadsheet.
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