Saving Face — Kristine Kathryn Rusch

A beautiful but scared woman tries to hire Winston Karpathian, but wonders why. Winston possesses only small magic, nothing spectacular, and certainly nothing helpful for a woman like that.

But when she turns up dead, Winston must work with a detective who doesn't believe in magic to find the woman's killer. Because Winston believes that the woman's request for a spell might have more to do with her death than the weapon that killed her.

“Rusch is a great storyteller.”
-- RT Book Reviews