Published October 6, 2015
Tor Books
It’s banshees and Bolsheviks in this third – and final – book in the Delia Martin paranormal mystery series.
A parade in post-war (1919) San Francisco is disrupted by suddenly unruly parade-watchers and sniper fire, resulting in a riot. Delia, having received a warning from a watching ghost moments before the shots ring out, ushers her companions to safety while her husband, police Captain Gabriel Ryan runs toward the danger. It soon becomes apparent all the chaos is meant to flush a single young woman and her doomed guardians out of hiding. When the dust settles around the dead, the wounded, and the disoriented, Captain Ryan and his partner Jack Fitzgerald are left to puzzle out the mystery of the young woman who remembers nothing but her name: Alina. Delia, along with her mentor in all things to do with spirits Isadora Bobet, will assist the police as it becomes more apparent that this case straddles the world of the living and the dead.
Moyer’s Delia Martin books are great when you want a little extra spooky with your mystery. The San Francisco setting is beautifully drawn and even if you can see the resolution a bit early, the cast of characters and their milieu makes it still enjoyable getting there.
An advance galley of this book was kindly provided by the publisher with no expectations other than an honest opinion.
