The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
by Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin, 2020); audiobook read by Marisa Calin (Bolinda, 2020)
The fantasy setting is instantly appealing—London in 1983, home to a hidden world of old gods and lesser creatures of legend, policed by an extended family of booksellers. The characters are well drawn but Nix’s storytelling is nothing more than workmanlike.