Green-Eyed Monster

Green-Eyed Monster is the fifth Widdershins book. Mal, Wolfe, and Ben return as the protagonists. The deadly sin is Envy. It introduces Dominik Voss, the antagonist of this book who later becomes an ally in Curtain Call.

Blurb
Easy-going violinist Heinrich Wolfe is the last person you'd expect to have any sort of enemy. Unfortunately for him, his effortless charm and grace is almost too effortless for the liking of a former friend, Dominik Voss. Consumed by envy, Voss makes a deadly deal with a cunning spirit, and now far more than their friendship is at stake...

A monster is coming to Widdershins, and it's down to Wolfe and his colleagues - a fussy wizard and a grumpy yet gifted vagrant - to discover what it wants, and how to stop it.

Plot Summary
mean fox :(

Characters

 * Dominik Voss (antagonist)
 * Heinrich Wolfe (main character)
 * Jack O'Malley (main character)
 * Envy (deadly sin)
 * Benjamin Thackerey
 * Nicola Barber
 * Florence de Montfort
 * Wrath

Cameos / Minor Characters

 * Eliza Swift
 * Arpana Sherpa
 * The Sergeant
 * Lowe the rebel leader
 * The Purple Hippo of Happiness

Locations

 * Prussia
 * Chomolungma (The Mountain Anchor)
 * Offices for the Removal of Dangerous Malforms
 * Deosil Brewery
 * Swift's Apothecary
 * Voss's Mansion
 * The Hunter's Folly

Website
The bonus material on the website for this book is 4 pages of Character Q&As, a copy of the Barber family tree, and a map of Widdershins with several key locations labeled.

Book
The print and PDF releases include 4 pages of 'Notes on Encountered Malforms' transcribed by Ben and illustrated by Wolfe from Mal's descriptions.

Release
Green-Eyed Monster began on April 2nd 2014 and updated usually 3 times a week until it finished on February 3rd 2015.

The Kickstarter was launched on August 3rd, 2015 and was supported by 500 backers pledging £13,669. The highest tier reward was a plushie of The Purple Hippo of Happiness (which I am very sad to have missed out on).

Easter Eggs / Trivia

 * 'Voss' means fox in German, which is why Envy only takes the fox form after hearing Voss' name and has a different design in Find the Lady.
 * After the events of No Rest for the Wicked, Ben, Wolfe and Mal no longer work for the council. The sign on the outside of their office/house used to say 'Council Offices for the Removal of Dangerous Malforms' but they've stuck a piece of wood over the bit that says 'council'.
 * Wolfe's copy of the Widdershins Gazette has the headline 'Hotel Gula Closes' referencing the events of Piece of Cake.
 * Voss' copy of the Yorkshire Journal has an advert for Swift's Apothecary
 * The same newspaper has a headline 'Unusual summons reactions - experts confused!' which is possibly a reference to an unused storyline that involved Eliza having an allergy to magic.
 * It also has a headline 'Hotel to be renovated' referencing Hotel Gula.
 * The advert in the newspaper that makes Voss realise Wolfe is in Widdershins is the same that confirms for Acedia that Mal is back. It can be seen in her basement on the wall with Mal's name circled, which Harry notices
 * Voss' brewery is called Deosil Brewery - Deosil is the opposite direction to Widdershins.
 * Eliza has two mentions / cameos in this book - she's the apothecary mentioned when Ben and Mal argue at the start, and she's the one who turns them away after Voss' men show up at hers faster.
 * Jill from Darken has a cameo - she's the woman with a snake-like spirit Ben sees outside of the brewery.
 * The pub where Wolfe and Voss play a duet is called 'The Hunter's Folly' - Pemberton Pryce's notes on Mal in Witch Hunt mention Mal is a regular there, and it is the pub where Voss is seen working at the end of Sea Change.
 * Up until the final act of Green-Eyed Monster, the main colour in Mal's costumes is red. After he says "I think I like blue", his subsequent costumes have more blue than red, with the red eventually fully disappearing. As blue is the colour of his door and his magic, this shows how after briefly losing the Sight he embraces his powers more fully.
 * There is a poster advertising 'Wizard for hire - H. Dresden' in the alleyway Nicola and Mal fight Voss' men - this is a reference to The Dresden Files.
 * In the same alleyway there is an advert for 'Angel Investigations' - this is a reference to the character Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
 * There is also a poster for Eliza's Fourth Anchor Society
 * Mal avoids looking at Ben and Wolfe while he doesn't have the Sight