Spirit Dances
core novel 2011 The Walker Papers
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.24 (5,524 ratings, collected 2026-10-30) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780373803255 |
| Internal chronology | 6 |
Synopsis
For Seattle detective Joanne Walker, spring is about new beginnings. She has mostly mastered her shamanic abilities and survived a cannibalistic serial killer. She goes to a dance concert with her boss, Captain Michael Morrison, but the performance goes wrong: Joanne finds herself turning into a coyote in the middle of the show. Meanwhile homeless people in the city are disappearing, and a murder with a magical cause lands outside her jurisdiction as a full moon approaches. A werewolf is involved, and Morrison is caught up in the trouble as well. Joanne must decide whether she is going to be a cop, a shaman, or something that combines the two.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Walker Papers
- Series: The Walker Papers core; position 6 of 9 in the series' recorded order
- Author: C. E. Murphy
Notes
- From the series record (The Walker Papers): Nine novels following Seattle police officer and shaman Joanne Walker, published by Luna from 2005 to 2014.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Walker Papers: position 6 of 9: previous Demon Hunts (2010) · next Raven Calls (2012)
Sources
- Wikipedia: C. E. Murphy
- Fantastic Fiction: C. E. Murphy
- ThriftBooks series listing
- Publishers Weekly (Luna trade paperback)
- Rising Shadow
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