First published 2016
Zinzi carries a sloth on her back and lives in Zoo City, where criminals bond with magical animals after committing serious crimes. She makes money running email scams and using her supernatural ability to locate lost objects. When police take her latest paycheck after an elderly woman dies, Zinzi needs work fast. Music producer Odi Huron hires her to track down a missing teenage pop star. The job seems like her chance to escape the slum where the criminal underclass lives with their animal companions. But the search pulls Zinzi deeper into a city where crime and magic twist together. She must face secrets from her past while navigating the dangerous underbelly of a world where everyone carries the weight of their sins in animal form.
Genres: mystery, crime, fantasy, urban-fantasy
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, supernatural-abilities
Setting: Zoo City
Period: 21st-century
387 pages · Kindle Edition · Little, Brown and Company
Content warnings: violence