Lucy Kline, Necromancer
New ReleaseFor fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and highly bingeable thrillers, Lucy Kline, Necromancer, is a Nancy Drew-style murder mystery mixed with the occult.
It’s been two years since Lucy’s twin sister was presumed dead. As the only person who knew about Louisa’s plan to sneak out on the night she was killed, Lucy still feels responsible for her sister’s grim fate—despite the fact that it was Lucy who eventually cracked the case, putting Louisa’s killer in jail.
Or so she thought.
When another girl who looks just like Louisa goes missing under similarly mysterious circumstances, and ghostly dreams begin to plague Lucy, she throws herself back into the investigation. The more clues she uncovers, the more her nightmares bleed into reality. And signs start to point to the impossible: necromancy.
With the help of her classmate Howie and a retired medieval history professor, Lucy must find the culprit behind these disappearances and finally come to terms with the grief that’s haunted her for years.
- Pages
- 338
- First published
- September 22, 2026
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Ebook
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Reviews
Started May 3, 2026 · Finished May 4, 2026
Thank you to Wednesday Books and NetGalley for this eARC in exchange for an honest review! ——— I was skeptical at the beginning of this book, but I really ended up enjoying it. Lucy Kline is one strong, but reluctant protagonist. When it becomes apparent that nobody else is taking the disappearance and supposed death of her twin sister seriously, Lucy takes it upon herself to solve the case. Two years later, however, another girl goes missing and the cycle repeats, and Lucy must come to terms with the fact that things may not be as neatly wrapped up as they seemed. Steadily paced and highly bingeable, we are thrown into a whirlwind adventure of necromancy and overcoming grief. It is macabre, at times humorous, and ultimately authentic in voice and emotional appeal. My one criticism is that for a YA novel, I feel there is a lot of profanity. While it feels true to Lucy’s character, the repeated F-bombs were surprising. Still, this is one heck of a story.