Fortune Favors the Dead: A Pentecost and Parker Mystery: Spotswood, Stephen

Fortune Favors the Dead is a wildly charming and fast-paced mystery that introduces Pentecost and Parker, an audacious new detective duo for the ages.

With razor-sharp style, tons of flair, a snappy sense of humor, and all the most satisfying elements of a really good noir novel, plus plenty of original twists of its own, this book is sure to captivate readers from start to finish.

When Willowjean "Will" Parker, a scrappy circus runaway with knife-throwing skills, saves the life of New York's best and most unorthodox private investigator, Lillian Pentecost, she's offered a life-changing proposition: to be her right-hand woman.

Three years later, Will and Lillian are on the Collins case, where they must find answers in a locked room murder that involves messages from the dead, a seductive spiritualist, and Becca Collins, the beautiful daughter of the deceased.

With its unique blend of mystery, humor, and romance, Fortune Favors the Dead is sure to be a bestseller.