Mortem, the magic born from death, is a high-priced and illicit commodity in Dellaire, and Lore’s job running poisons keeps her in food, shelter, and relative security.

Easier said than done, when her death magic ties her to the city.

And in the ten years since, she’s lived by one rule: don’t let them find you. When Lore was thirteen, she escaped a cult in the catacombs beneath the city of Dellaire. Sarah: Every book is coming out March 7, especially this one! But the truth might be far more sinister than what they were prepared for. More clues come to light, leading Veronica, Stoker, and Tiberius to uncover a shared past among the Sinners that has led to the fatal present. Realizing he is in grave danger but not knowing why, he plans a reunion party for the remaining Sinners at his family estate to lure the killer out while Veronica and Stoker investigate.Īs the guests arrive and settle in, the evening’s events turn deadly.

Tiberius has received a cryptic message-along with the obituaries of two recently deceased members of his old group of friends, the Seven Sinners-that he too should get his affairs in order.

But when Veronica shows up before him with his brother, Tiberius, Lord Templeton-Vane, he is lured back home by an intriguing job offer: preparing an iguanodon for a very special dinner party. Veronica’s natural-historian beau, Stoker, has been away in Bavaria for months and their relationship is at an impasse. Veronica must find and stop a devious killer when a group of old friends is targeted for death in this new adventure from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn.

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