A super effective novella in that the story itself felt rather complete and it had enough space to let me invest in the main characters. It's always hard putting together a whole investigation in a limited amount of time and for me here, it did end up feeling a bit overstuffed, plot-wise, but it made it readable and thrilling. The setting and atmosphere were great, the end was bittersweet, and I gobbled this right up.

I would recommend this for fans of A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark.