The Devil's Decadence

When Alexis Sturmgarten lays out her tarot cards, she’s only looking for guidance. Her clients are the ones who expect answers. 

Right when she’s almost convinced herself she’s okay with the way her life turned out, an old lawyer friend shows up begging for help. His client is accused of murdering an up-and-coming tech CTO, and while he admits she’s not exactly innocent, he’s sure she’s not guilty, either. 

The only thing Alex can’t resist is a puzzle, and the cops’ investigation has far too many holes. As she digs into an open marriage and high-tech A.I. startup, she uncovers a highly-polished media veneer that barely hides rampant drug use, excess, and betrayal. After all, San Francisco was built on gold rush greed and dot-com delusion. Now it runs on valuation and vice. 

Someone in this city knows how to leverage both.

In the suit of Pentacles, everything has a price, and the fifteenth card of the Major Arcana screams of avarice and obsession. Against a backdrop of the Devil's dark influence, and with the real killer stalking her shadow, Alex is about to find out who really holds the key to this town—and what they’ll do to keep it.