Comeuppance Served Cold

Marion Deeds`s Comeuppance Served Cold is a hard-boiled historical fantasy of criminality and magic, couched in the glamour of Miss Fisher`s Murder Mysteries. A Most Anticipated Pick for Bustle Autostraddle The Nerd Daily [A] beautifully constructed magical heist in turn-of-the-century Seattle.--Mary Robinette Kowal Seattle, 1929--a bitterly divided city overflowing with wealth, violence, and magic. A respected magus and city leader intent on criminalizing Seattle`s most vulnerable magickers hires a young woman as a lady`s companion to curb his rebellious daughter`s outrageous behavior. The widowed owner of a speakeasy encounters an opportunity to make her husband`s murderer pay while she tries to keep her shapeshifter brother safe. A notorious thief slips into the city to complete a delicate and dangerous job that will leave chaos in its wake. One thing is for certain--comeuppance, eventually, waits for everyone.