Description
A web of secrets and hidden identities ensnare two sisters and their family, in this delightful historical fantasy sequel to The Sisters Mederos
After the shocking events of last summer, the high society of Port Saint Frey has plenty to gossip about. Who was the Gentleman Bandit? Why hasn't he been captured? And what really happened that night when the Guildmaster disappeared? When the Guild hires Abel Fresnel, a detective with special powers of his own, to find the answers, Tesara and Yvienne Mederos have to avoid his probing questions and keep mum about their role in the events of that dark night. Everything's more or less under control until a dead man turns up in the dumbwaiter...
File Under: Fantasy [ Card Sharks | Sharp Sleuth | Magic Fingers | Dial S for Sisters ]
About the Author
Patrice Sarath is an author and editor living in Austin, Texas. Her novels include the fantasy booksThe Sisters Mederos(Book I of the Tales of Port Saint Frey), the series Books of the Gordath (Gordath Wood, Red Gold Bridge, andThe Crow God's Girl) and the romanceThe Unexpected Miss Bennet.Patrice is the author of numerous short stories that have appeared in several magazines and anthologies, includingWeird Tales, Black Gate, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Realms of Fantasy, and many others. Her short story "A Prayer for Captain La Hire" was included inYear's Best Fantasyof 2003 compiled by David Hartwell and Katherine Cramer. Her story "Pigs and Feaches," originally published in Apex Digest, was reprinted in 2013 inBest Tales of the Apocalypseby Permuted Press.Patrice is an avid horsewoman. She also enjoys bike-riding, rollerblading, and hiking the woods and trails outside Austin. She can often be found writing at her neighborhood coffee house.Books:The Sisters Mederos (2018, Angry Robot Books)Fog Season (2019, Angry Robot Books)The Crow God's Girl (2012)The Unexpected Miss Bennet (2011, Robert Hale and Penguin)Red Gold Bridge (2009, Penguin Berkley)Gordath Wood (2008, Penguin Berkley)Short stories:A Prayer for Captain La Hire (2002, Black Gate, 2003 Year's Best Fantasy)Bad Amy (2006, Space Squid)Bad Dog (2015, Andromeda Spaceways In-Flight Magazine; 2017 Deep Magic)Blood on the Snow (1999, Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine; 2017 Bloodbound)Ice (2005, Realms of Fantasy)Into the Dark (2002, Realms of Fantasy)Lonely Cries the Winter Wind (2008, Edge of Propinquity)Memories of Gravity (2013, The Mammoth Book of Futuristic Romance)More to Glory (2002, Low-Port anthology)Murder on the Hohmann (2016, Futuristica Vol I)Pigs and Feaches (2007, Apex Digest, 2013 Best Tales of the Apocalypse)Pilot's Forge (2009, Mammoth Book of Time Travel Romance)Reparations (2000, Romance & Beyond)The Djinn Game (1999, Such a Pretty Face)The Gig in the Hall of Kings (2004, Cafe Ole anthology)The Lunch Thief (2007, Weird Tales, published as Bagged Lunch)The Night of Their Conversion (2007, Space Squid)The Warlord and the Princess (1999, Beyond the Rose, 2002 Andromeda Spaceways)