Death and the Merchant
C.H. Williams
Paperback
(C.H. Williams Literary, Sept. 21, 2019)
Isolated in a crumbling world that has long forgotten magic, Elsie's life is inexorably altered when she meets Fletcher, an elf with the penchant for the fantastical.But as she unravels the compounding lies of her reality, a dark and deeply contorted picture is painted.Teddy is unwilling to admit he's more than he appears, and Sam remains tangled in a web of sordid secrets. And atop it all, the Commissioner has promised her power beyond reckoning. When they all become embroiled in illicit magic connected to a string of murders in the Valley, Elsie's life hangs in the balance after she becomes the target of political and personal ploys for power.