Second paragraph of third chapter:

‘You look tired, my love.’ Her voice was warm with concern. ‘You should take time to rest for a while – the world won’t stop turning while you sleep.’

Conclusion to Cooper’s Master trilogy, in which she successfully shifts the focus so that the Bad Guy protagonist and his cute sidekick, pursued separately by the forces of order, now engage our sympathy, and the society with which they are in conflict reveals its flaws so that we realise the Bad Guy may not have been so bad after all; meanwhile both are at the mercy of super-powerful supernatural forces. Dramatic and well-executed conclusion to an enjoyable series. You can get The Master here.

This was my top unread book acquired in 2022. Next on that pile is The Bone Woman, by Clea Koff.