by Kim Harrison
Part of The Hollows, book 7
First published 2009
Rachel Morgan has crossed lines she never thought she would break. The witch and bounty hunter operates in the Hollows, where supernatural creatures navigate a dangerous world. When someone murders her lover, the loss cuts deeper than any wound she has suffered before. Rachel refuses to let his death go unsolved or unavenged, no matter what price she must pay. A new predator rises to dominate the Inderland food chain while Rachel pursues justice. Her investigation forces her to confront choices from her past that now return to threaten her. The hunt for her lover's killer becomes a reckoning with decisions that have shaped her into the person she has become. Rachel discovers that some injuries heal with time, but certain marks remain forever.
Genres: romance, mystery, fantasy, urban-fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: The Hollows
504 pages · Hardcover · Eos
Content warnings: death, violence