It’s barely been two months since the Queen of Blood and Glitter crowned herself and things are still unsettled in Carterburg, the Fae District, and the Hollow Hill in its aftermath.And still, the world goes on … There’s been a jewel theft and murders at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum and all signs point to faerie involvement; which means that Circe, the High Queene’s all-pur®pose detective, is on the case.With an intriguing mystery on her paws, Circe (with her bff and investigative parter Tamlinn) turns to the mercurial and moon-cold silver queen, Blodeuwedd the Miss Nomer, and the Puca Nomios Phuc. Circe hopes to get to the bottom of this case of broken promises, history, mythology, monsters, and shadows.And beneath those shadows?Anupet, the heartsore Lady of Decay and an ancient faerie herself, is out to achieve the unthinkable … regardless of the cost to mortal man and faerie.