Librarian turned sleuth Greer Hogan is back on the case and headed to the big city in this fourth installment of M. E. Hilliardโs smart, suspenseful mystery series, perfect for fans of Elly Griffiths and Louise Penny.
Having spent months quietly investigating in the village of Raven Hill, Greer Hogan returns to New York City determined to find her husbandโs murderer. She secures a temporary gig at a private library inventorying the personal collection of a deceased magician. In her free time, Greer sleuths, leaving no stone unturnedโeven the ones which could be hiding deadly secrets.
Four years earlier, Greer had discovered her husband Dan dead in their apartment. Heโd tried to tell her about something strange going on at his office, but she hadnโt had time to listen until it was too late. Worse still, she has always suspected that the wrong man was convicted of the crime. Now, Greer has solved other murders and has a few tricks up her sleeve. She combs through belongings she packed away soon after Danโs death and interviews his former colleagues and people who were near the scene when he died. Soon, Greer is followed and attacked, so she knows sheโs struck a nerveโbut whose?
When two more people are killed and Greer realizes she canโt escape the smoke and mirrors surrounding her suspects, she confides in one of her new colleagues, a magician named Grim with whom sheโs bonded over similar traumas. Though she knows heโs got secrets of his own, the tricky Grim may be exactly the assistant Greer needs to pull a rabbit out of a hat and shine a spotlight on a killer before the curtains come down on her for good.