Edited by anniekins at 10-10-2023 04:18
All Jen wanted was a tattoo apprenticeship. The only artist willing to take her on, Lilith Sharpe, ownsGraphomancy, a tattoo parlor in the worst neighborhood of Conflict, Oregon. Andthere are drawbacks. A contract signed in blood (what?) states Jen will workfor free (come again?). On the positive, Lilith offers the apartment upstairsgratis. Of course, the building is haunted (oh, come on!), and she’ll have toshare it with a creepy hairless cat. While judging a photo contest, Lilith chooses an entry withhorror hidden in plain sight—half-buried human remains. Jen quickly learns thatLilith’s first passion is not tattooing but solving murders. More terrifying,Graphomancy is more than just a cool shop name. It is what the shopoffers—black magic. Bones in the photo lead to a mother missing for two years.The picture was submitted to the contest by her daughter, who received theimage as a text. But why would anyone want a dedicated community booster andvolunteer dead? Was it a stranger, a member of the victim’s extended andblended family, or worse, a serial killer with a history of dumping his bodiesin the area? As Lilith employs her dark art to pick up the trail, Jen fearsthat the investigation will prove lethal to them both.
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