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Unpacking in her new hometown of Portland, Oregon, herbalist and reformed alchemist Zoe Faust can?t help but notice she?s picked up a stowaway. Dorian Robert-Houdin is a living, breathing three-and-half-foot gargoyle ? not to mention a master of French cuisine ? and he needs Zoe?s expertise to decipher a centuries-old text. Zoe isn?t so sure she wants to reopen her alchemical past . . . until the dead man on her porch leaves her no choice.
About the Author
Gigi Pandian is a bestselling and Agatha Award-winning mystery author, breast cancer survivor, and accidental almost-vegan. She's the child of cultural anthropologists from New Mexico and the southern tip of India, and spent her childhood traveling around the world on their research trips. She now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and a gargoyle who watches over the garden. Gigi's novels have been described as a cross between Indiana Jones and Agatha Christie. She writes the Jaya Jones Treasure Hunt mystery series (Artifact, Pirate Vishnu, Quicksand, Michelangelo's Ghost, The Ninja's Illusion, and The Glass Thief) , the Accidental Alchemist mysteries (The Accidental Alchemist, The Masquerading Magician, The Elusive Elixir, and The Alchemist's Illusion) , and locked-room mystery short stories (many are collected in The Cambodian Curse & Other Stories) .Her debut novel was awarded a Malice Domestic Grant and named a Best of 2012 Debut by Suspense Magazine, and her mysteries have also been awarded the Agatha, Rose, Lefty, and Derringer awards.
