“A wonderful blend of conspiracy and playful spirits, with a pair of unique detectives - and no strings attached!” - Steve Poore, Fantasy Author and Goodread reader about Death By Effigy, Book 1 in the series.
At a nineteenth century spirit festival someone kills the most powerful spirit dancer in all of Burma and sets the crowds seeking justice—or more likely revenge.
Aung, the venerable singer of the king’s royal puppet troupe, with the aid of the not-quite-helpful living puppet, Yamin, must weed through a field of too many suspects to find the real killer. But in a land of living spirits failure not only means the wrong person pays the price, such an ill-fated event can bring the spirits’ ill-will on everyone in attendance.