Phantom's Kiss - Lisa Llamrei

A body on the floor. Lips stained silver. No trace of poison.

Detective Bridget Campbell has seen her share of strange deaths in Toronto, but this one defies every forensic test. When a second victim turns up with the same haunting mark, she knows she's staring down a serial killer.

Her lover, Detective Moric Ashwood, recognizes the pattern from his own world-the magical realm of Estrellien. Years ago, twenty-three people were slaughtered by a poison called the Phantom's Kiss, a toxin that kills without a trace and leaves nothing but silver on the victim's mouth. The killer vanished before he could strike again.

Now the murders have returned, and the case forces Estrellien's police and Toronto's finest into an uneasy alliance. As tensions rise and old secrets resurface-including the unsolved murder of Bridget's partner two decades earlier-the trail points to victims who are neither fully human nor fully magical.

With every lead slipping through their fingers, Bridget and Moric must untangle a conspiracy that bridges two worlds. Because the Phantom's Kiss is back-and this time, it's personal.