<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 3:26 AM, <a href="mailto:MadameSSnape@aol.com">MadameSSnape@aol.com</a> <a href="mailto:MadameSSnape@aol.com">MadameSSnape@aol.com</a> [HPforGrownups] <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:HPforGrownups@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">HPforGrownups@yahoogroups.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Have you read the Sertni series of Katherine Kurtz, or the Dragonriders books of Anne McCaffrey?</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I assume "Sertni" is a typo for "Deryni" (which the OP will need to know for an online search).</div><div><br></div><div>Ben Aaronovitch's "Rivers of London" series has been described as "Harry Potter grows up and joins the police force" -- if Harry were a mixed-race Londoner. Urban fantasy mystery with a likable deadpan-snarker protagonist, strong characterization overall, with well-described magic (and magical people).</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>--Margaret Dean</div><div> <<a href="mailto:margdean56@gmail.com">margdean56@gmail.com</a>></div></div></div></div>