Human, private detective-in-training Anna Caill needs a spell. She knows what it will cost, and she's ready to take the risks, despite the warnings.

Only a year before, she could have found a witch at any corner store. But at the turn of 1920, the prohibition on magic went into effect. It wasn't easy to find a witch willing to break the 18th Amendment for a human. But after some convincing, not to mention a truth spell, Benji is taking her to the magical underworld.

As Anna gets her first hit of the dark spell that even witches hesitate to use, she finds the cold peace she needs to take on cases in this urban fantasy noir.