When home is anything but a haven ...
Detective Inspector Palmer yearns for a caseload of ordinary crimesno monsters, no mages, and definitely no magic. Dark sorcery has left his city in bloody chaos, and Palmer is exhausted. But then Layla, one of the beauties from the notorious Hellion House, darkens his interrogation room door.
Lovely Layla is more welcome in Palmers daydreams, where her obsession for silver bullets and sharp knives can be safely ignored. But now she brings news about his most-wanted villainthe mechanic responsible for sabotaging the Leopard and sending most of the airships crew to a fiery death.
The evidence points to Palmers home towna rough and ready hellhole hed gratefully left behind. Now, with Layla at his side, he returns to his birthplace, and to the scene of a half-forgotten murder. All at once, his freedom, his mission, and Laylas safety depend on solving the cold case. Thats no mean feat in a town full of crooks, drifters, and broken-down magicians, but DI Palmer always catches his culprit.
Until now. Uncovering one deadly secret is sure to reveal othersincluding his own.
Genre: Fantasy
Detective Inspector Palmer yearns for a caseload of ordinary crimesno monsters, no mages, and definitely no magic. Dark sorcery has left his city in bloody chaos, and Palmer is exhausted. But then Layla, one of the beauties from the notorious Hellion House, darkens his interrogation room door.
Lovely Layla is more welcome in Palmers daydreams, where her obsession for silver bullets and sharp knives can be safely ignored. But now she brings news about his most-wanted villainthe mechanic responsible for sabotaging the Leopard and sending most of the airships crew to a fiery death.
The evidence points to Palmers home towna rough and ready hellhole hed gratefully left behind. Now, with Layla at his side, he returns to his birthplace, and to the scene of a half-forgotten murder. All at once, his freedom, his mission, and Laylas safety depend on solving the cold case. Thats no mean feat in a town full of crooks, drifters, and broken-down magicians, but DI Palmer always catches his culprit.
Until now. Uncovering one deadly secret is sure to reveal othersincluding his own.
Genre: Fantasy