Trio of Sorcery by Mercedes Lackey
Collection of 3 stories.
The first new Diana Tregarde story in almost 20 years and the first Jenny Talldeer tale in over 15 years. Each story has a bit of a preface by Lackey to explain the time and place of the story.
Arcanum 101, which takes place in the 1970s, a young Diana Tregarde finds time between her studies at Harvard and her budding writing career to stop a supposed psychic from interfering in the police investigation of a kidnapping case. This was also more of a novella as it was over half the book in length.
Other books featuring Diana Tregarde
Drums, set in the 1990s, sends PI and Native American shaman Jennie Talldeer on a quest to prevent an angry Osage ghost from coming between Navajo Nathan Begay and his Chickasaw fiancee.
Ghost in the Machine, set in the high-tech world of modern times, computer programmer and techno-shaman Ellen McBridge investigates a series of mysterious deaths linked to a multiplayer online role-playing game.
I was a huge fan of the Diana Tregarde novels so was really excited to pick this collection up. Now I want to go back and re-read the rest of the books as well as look for the Jenny Talldeer books which I have not read. Interestingly enough these stories were written in order of how much I liked it. While I did enjoy the last story found it to be my least favorite maybe because I'm not into online gaming. I always enjoy these kind of books that Lackey wrote so am glad to see her writing in this style again.