If you’re looking for a hard-boiled detective who’s also an actual fairy princess (not I might add any Disneyesque variety of that phenomena) then you need look no further then Alexis Hall’s Kate Kane. In Iron & Velvet (her first outing) Kate is hired by a vampire prince to investigate the murder of a werewolf. Kate, who apparently has a knack for drawing conclusions from unsupported inferences, manages to clear up this original murder, as well as another that crops up along the way. Lovers of action & violence will find much to admire in this book as will those who like an unconventional heroine & a hint of Sam Spade.
