A review by melissa_who_reads
The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian

4.0

Enjoyed it. An alchemist moves to Portland, and discovers while unpacking that a French gargoyle has moved with her - he had packed himself among her belongings and needs her help. Meanwhile, the handyman she had hired to fix her fixer-upper of a house turns up dead on her doorstep - leaving her with a desperate gargoyle and a mystery to figure out. She gets involved with all sorts of people in her neighborhood, breaking her rule about staying under the radar and unnoticed and unattached -

The writing is a bit uneven in places, but the characters are charming and the murder mystery/magic fantasy elements work well together.