Meet Lowan, a telepathic alien working as a private detective in the 1930s!

When August Fieldcrest, a famous archeologist and explorer, is shot to death in his home, Detective Lieutenant Marx doesn't have much to go on—until a nervous informant hands him a key to a bus locker. Before he can open the locker, he learns the hard way that the villains are willing to kill to regain the contents. Meanwhile, Fieldcrest's family hires Lowan to speed up the investigation. He finds himself caught in a tangled web of secrets and lies which Fieldcrest's own family won't believe. The prize—an ancient, twisted ivory staff set in gold, worth as much as a million dollars.

S. E. Grosskopf's writing is strongly influenced by the old pulp fiction magazines and Golden Age radio dramas of the 1930s-1950s. If you like fast-paced action and mystery with a dash of urban fantasy and quirkiness, then you'll love these books. This is the sixth book in the series. The books follow chronologically. Reading them in order is recommended.