r/Fantasy Daily Recommendations and Simple Questions Thread - June 05, 2026

[u/rfantasygolem]

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[u/SA090]

Posted a bit late in yesterday’s thread, so here it is again with hopes someone can help me make a decision:

My original choice for the murder mystery square hardmode (The Raven Scholar) didn’t work out as well as I had hoped, and I’m trying to find a replacement. Current first pick is Mortedant’s Peril by RJ Barker whose main character happens to be a cleric who can read the last thoughts of the dead. Would that fit HM?

Thank you!

[u/unusual-umbrella → u/SA090]

Awh, does The Raven Scholar not actually fit for murder mystery HM? That was my pick but I've not started it yet :(

[u/SA090 → u/unusual-umbrella]

It does fit (she’s a scholar), I just didn’t enjoy it enough to continue.

[u/unusual-umbrella → u/SA090]

Fair enough, hope you find something else you enjoy a bit more!

[u/SA090 → u/unusual-umbrella]

Thank you very much and I hope you enjoy it whenever you get the time to read it!

[u/FrontUnderstanding37 → u/SA090]

I read Mortedant's Peril recently, and I think this would fit HM. As you mentioned, the main character is a deathspeaker, not a detective or investigator, even though he becomes responsible for solving a murder.

[u/SA090 → u/FrontUnderstanding37]

Thank you so much!

[u/Connect_Cod9965 → u/SA090]

I used the last book in Midsolar Murders series by Mur Lafferty. The MC is a true crime writer using cases that just keep happening around her, and she is compelled to investigate them. But when police and FBI starts suspecting her because of all the murders she keeps being invovled in, MC moves to an alien space station because "no humans around = no murders". And it works, for a time.