In the modern-day town of Lore, the Greek gods live their day-to-day lives among us. Some are powerful or successful, such as Athena who has become a businesswoman; some are weak and powerless as belief in them wanes. The Medusa Project follows a young detective, Kyrie Alcide, who is tasked with working out who is framing Medusa for murder. So to much of my surprise I found myself reading a murder mystery instead of a fantasy. Let me say, this was unexpected but fantastic! You will need to be computer literate and willing to use our in-house systems, completing daily logs, incidents, and weekly reports. The Medusa Project has been one our top Preferred Providers during the inaugural decade of the Preferred Provider Framework in children’s services.

Lore is a modern-day town where the Greek gods live their ordinary lives with the commoners. It is also a place where gods have succumbed the day-to-day problems and situations, such as being vulnerable, hurt, running a successful business, being jealous, or being accused of murder. The last one is the one troubling Medusa, and that is where Kyrie Alcide, a young detective, steps in to find out who is framing Medusa for murder.The writing was captivating and like Lou Wilham's other book I read, it was just so easy to get caught up in the read and thralls of the storyline. But here's my issue with it. Being a novella, the plot was at times, a bit too fast. To me, the ending was a bit disappointing. Perhaps if there had been more time and motive to properly establish the villain, it would have been much more impactful. Project Description Brendah Malahleka – Former Service Manager, Business Strategy, Fostering, Placements & Procurement. The two main characters, Kyrie and Medusa, were both really fun and had a great dynamic. Kyrie is a really fun perspective, and I loved Lou Wilham’s version of Medusa. I was a little bit disappointed that the romance between them didn’t quite come into fruition, especially when it was such a great slow-burn subplot. If it hadn’t been labelled as LGBT Romance I wouldn’t have known that they got together at the end. That being said, the main storyline is definitely the mystery, and both characters are openly queer throughout so it didn’t detract from the overall book very much. I really really REALLY hope that Dylan and Ed get together at the end, because she was acting sorta friendly towards him at the end of the book. *Fingers crossed*

Overall, this concept would make an excellent series as there could be mysteries surrounding all of the different myths and legends. I would love a new figure of mythology featured with the detective agency as the central link between the stories. This novel was very original, as I have not read this take on bringing mythology to the modern world in a mystery setting before. It was super interesting and it was hard to put down. I devoured this story in an hour and would love to read more! [3.5 rounded to 4]

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We understand the potential safeguarding vulnerabilities of looked after young women. We take safeguarding our residents very seriously. All our staff are trained in Safeguarding to protect our young women and the Medusa Project works in line with Working Together to Safeguarding Children 2018 and working together transitional guidance. I absolutely loved the concept of the town, the world and especially the Perseus Project (which is kinda like the CSI of mythology). The characters were just quirky enough for my taste and it was a pleasure reading about them. The fast-paced character-driven plot completely hooked me. The Medusa Project is a new take on the known mythology and transports it into a short and sweet mystery story. The novel takes place in the modern-day town of Lore where the Greek gods from mythology live among us. Although they are still immortal, their powers are not as great as they once were where some have fewer powers and others have none.