#7 The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older

 

The third mystery has Pleiti going to help a former classmate now at a rival university. She goes to recruit Mossa’s help against the plagiarism charges on her friend’s cousin’s academic work.  Mossa is depressed and sends Pleiti away offering no support and just wants to be left alone to wallow in her melancholy. Pleiti arrives at the university and uses the mantra “What would Mossa do” to guide her to help Villette find the person slandering her and stop her from receiving a donship from Stortellen University. It was fun to see the role of primary investigator on Pleiti’s shoulders. 

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#8 The Orb of Cairado by Katherine Addison

Ulcetha was framed for the disappearance of an artifact during his university days and now he works for a smuggler forging realistic documentation for questionable items.  When the object he was accused of stealing shows up due to clues left him by a recently deceased friend, he starts to get the facts together about what happened years ago and see if he can set everything to right. Set in the same universe as The Goblin Emperor and The Cemeteries of Amalo, this is a lovey story that shines all on its own.

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