by AFHiggins
Vesper Reed cleans magical money for the city’s worst people. She launders cursed coins, stabilizes blood-bound assets, and keeps dangerous wealth respectable enough to survive mortal regulators and infernal auditors. It is dirty work in an expensive suit, and she is very good at it. Then demon banker Thamiel Kharaz is found dead in his private vault, and the wards say Vesper was the last person inside. Now she is the easiest suspect in the city. To clear her name, she has to find a missing private ledger packed with leverage powerful enough to wreck syndicates, rich clients, and half the polished monsters running the financial district. The deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes that Kharaz was not only keeping secrets. He was weaponizing them. An urban fantasy mystery with noir energy, infernal finance, elegant corruption, sharp banter, and a heroine who knows survival always comes with a price.
