Penric's Fox
by Lois McMaster Bujold
2017

Penric is a sorcerer in Bujold's "The World of Five Gods" (as its now called). I love the world, its bizarre and brilliant theology, and the first three books (The Curse of Chalion, Paladin of Lost Souls, and The Hallowed Hunt). This is the third (approximately) book in the series - although they're all novellas, not full novel length.

Penric is called in, along with Inglis from Penric and the Shaman (it's best to read these in order as she back-references a lot and assumes you know what's going on) to help investigate the death of another sorcerer.

This is the fantasy equivalent of comfort food to me. It's not her best writing, not a great story, but I like the character and love the world and even when she's not doing her best work she's still a good writer. I recommend the first book in the series - your call whether to continue reading from there.