Series
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.
Same core party, different traps. Nyx, Rolan, Fizzle, and Bash keep getting dropped into places that are “working” a little too perfectly, then survive by breaking the rules instead of mastering them.
Each book is a contained mystery-adventure with a different social system at its core:
- Peace enforced as control
- Truth reshaped by politeness and pressure
- Comfort purchased with identity
Current order:
- The Succubus of the Singing Stone (Book 1)
- The Village That Watches (Book 2)
- The Case of the Wrong Order (Book 3)
Running gag: the party keeps trying to rebrand with more dramatic names, but everyone still calls them some version of “the Rusty Tankard.”
Reading Order
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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.
Read chapter one →