Reading order#
| # |
Title |
Published |
Author |
Buy on Amazon |
| 1 |
Nursery Crimes |
2024 |
Devon Monk |
Buy |
Nursery Crimes (2024) is Devon Monk’s entry into the fairy tale adjacent paranormal mystery space — a novel set in Las Fables, a small town populated by characters from nursery rhymes and old stories living out their modern lives. When crimes begin to echo the darkest versions of those stories, the town’s usual coexistence with the uncanny tips into something more dangerous.
The book draws on the same small-town paranormal warmth that made Ordinary Magic a long-running series while adding the specific texture of fairy tale mythology and the violence that the cleaned-up versions of those stories tended to edit out. It is a new world rather than a continuation of any of Monk’s existing series.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books are in the Las Fables series?
There are one books in the Las Fables series, published in 2024.
What is the first book in the Las Fables series?
The first book in the Las Fables series is Nursery Crimes, published in 2024.
What is the world of Las Fables?
Las Fables is a small town where characters from fairy tales and nursery rhymes live ordinary lives — until the crimes start mirroring the original stories in disturbing ways. The premise lets Devon Monk blend the cozy paranormal atmosphere of her Ordinary Magic series with a darker fairy tale undercurrent, and Nursery Crimes uses the setup to run both as mystery and as something slightly more unsettling. The book launched a new series and world that is separate from Monk’s earlier series.