

The two have barely spoken for years, ever since Tabitha's burgeoning magical abilities and Ivy's decided lack of them drove a rift between them. The dead woman was a teacher at the Osthorne Academy for Young Mages, where Ivy's estranged sister, Tabitha, also teaches.

When she's hired for a genuine murder case, her ambition (and her empty bank account) leads her to accept the job.even if the clients are the last people she wants to be working for: magicians. Ivy Gamble has worked 14 years as a PI, following around cheating spouses and solving insurance-fraud cases. A private investigator is hired to solve a murder at a magical academy where her sister teaches in Gailey's ( The Fisher of Bones, 2017, etc.) contemporary fantasy.
