Book #1

New York, 1945. Lillian Pentecost is the most successful private
detective in the city, but her health is failing. She hires an assistant
to help with the investigative legwork. Willowjean Parker is a circus
runaway. Quick-witted and street-smart, she's a jack-of-all-trades
with a unique skill-set. She can pick locks blindfolded, wrestle men
twice her size, and throw knives with deadly precision - all of which come in
handy working for Ms P. When wealthy young widow Abigail Collins is
murdered and the police are making no progress, Pentecost and Parker are hired
by the family to track down the culprit. On Halloween night, there was a
costume party at the Collins' mansion, where a fortune teller performed a
seance which greatly disturbed Abigail. Several hours later her body was
discovered bludgeoned to death in her late husband's office. Problem is, the
door to the office was locked from the inside. There was no-one else in the
room, and the murder weapon was beside the victim; the fortune teller's crystal
ball. It looks like an impossible crime, but Pentecost and Parker know there is
no such thing...