Oliver Crum and the Grim Menagerie — Chris Cooper

Book two in the Oliver Crum series.

Behind the walls of an unassuming house lies a macabre exhibit where spirits speak and the dead refuse to stay dead.

When Oliver Crum stumbles upon an odd attraction in a neighboring city, he witnesses a grim display of blood and bone too terrifying to believe.But something about this show is familiar.

As Oliver uncovers the truth behind the display, he comes face to face with the same dark magic that terrorized him a year prior. And when murder and chaos befall the curators running the mysterious exhibit, Oliver must join this unlikely group of allies to defeat the evil forces hellbent on harnessing their own unique abilities against them. The adventure will thrust Oliver into a secret society of magical misfits hiding in plain sight and change his understanding of the world forever, if he survives.

Oliver Crum and the Grim Menagerie continues in the spirit of the Briarwood Witch with new colorful characters and an expanded world full of eerie discoveries that'll leave readers hooked from beginning to end.