A Bad Price to Pay for Love

<h4><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>If there's one thing the dead are good at it's keeping secrets. Some longer than others.</strong></h4><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>One year after they worked together to capture a fugitive necromancer Nella Dormanni is thrilled to welcome her colleague Mainu back in New Montres. To her surprise the dashing lieutenant isn't merely in town for a leisurely visit but to track down a wealthy socialite who's gone missing─and what's more he asks Nel to help. The two of them embark on what Nel assumes to be a routine investigation only to find there's much more to the story than her partner let on.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Across town Thessa runs into trouble of her own when the Garden of Lilies one of the city's most reputable red-light houses becomes the scene of a horrific murder. Though the city guard arrests an obvious suspect Thessa is convinced they're mistaken; and so with the aid of her trusty friend Corlis she offers to help unravel the mystery.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The two pairs each delve into the bowels of New Montres from the highest society to the lowest of slums eager to find answers to their burning questions─but do they have the courage to face how deep the roots of intrigue go?</span></p>