Babayaga: A Novel of Witches in Paris Paperback Toby Barlow

from Wassilissa

Zoja und Elga sind Hexen, die seit Jahrhunderten überleben, Männer austricksen, betrügen, auch töten. Will ist Werbetexter, doch eigentlich arbeitet er bei der CIA und gerät in deren Visier. Im Paris der 1950er Jahre verlieben sich Zoja und Will, die CIA und die Polizei verfolgen sie und alles wi...

from Hareproofed

This was an imaginative book, hinting at the old Baba Yaga story, but not closely following it. Oddly enough, the most compelling character was not the protagonist, but the French police detective. The wild magic of the story was most liberally applied to his hero's journey. Next I will try Sharp...

from gbelik

Will sees his job, and thus his life in Paris, ending as the story begins. But that is the last of his worries, as he becomes entangled with Zoya, a beautiful witch who never dies (though her lovers do...) and enmeshed in a Cold War intrigue. The plot wanders humorously on. There's not much to ho...

from dbsovereign

Interesting cast of characters (witches among them) - from a serial killer to a police inspector who gets turned into an insect. Multi-faceted and imaginative. Despite all the different characters of focus, it's at the same time very sexy and other-worldly. SPOILER: A serial-killing witch turns a...

from lilibrarian

Will works as an adman, with a tenuous connection to the CIA, in Paris. That connection, and a meeting with a beautiful, mysterious woman, overturn his sedate life in a beautiful city. Suddenly there are murders, kidnappings, danger and mysteries.