**Magnus meets Valentine in battle as the Circle attacks the Downworlders of New York City. One of ten eBook short stories in The Bane Chronicles, a series about the enigmatic warlock from The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices.** In the time of the Uprising, Valentine's Circle goes after
What Gold Buys
โ Scribed by Ann Parker
- Publisher
- Poisoned Pen Press
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- en-GB
- Weight
- 263 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1464206260
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Autumn 1880 in the Rocky Mountains brings frost, snow, and the return of Silver Queen Saloon owner Inez Stannert to Leadville, Colorado.In this silver rush boomtown, those who are hungry for material riches seek their fortunes in precious metals. Others, hungry for spiritual relief, seek to pierce the veil between life and death with the help of fortunetellers, mediums, and occultists. Deep in the twisted byways of Leadville's Stillborn Alley, soothsayer Drina Gizzi awaits the promised arrival of her benefactor, the mysterious Mr. Brown. When she is found murdered, strangled with a set of silver and gold corset laces, no one seems to care except the three who find her body--Inez, her lover Reverend Sands, and Drina's young daughter, Antonia. The mystery surrounding Drina's death deepens when her body vanishes without a trace...
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