I received a copy of this through LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program, and I am grateful to the publisher for the opportunity to read it. 

This was a solid noir mystery, with a fantasy spin. It suffers from a tension of worldbuilding, I think--set in a historical fantasy, there's like just enough background info to set it up but maybe not enough to feel like I have a grasp on the world. (Also: orc racism is a yikes, though I don't know that Schlichter goes full species eugenicist here, just a history that carries through.) I liked the characters for the most part, mostly his fairy assistant; it did feel a little bit like there was more in this world left to be explored, so I might even read a second book if it was a series. But if like fantasy noir sounds like your jam, I think you might enjoy this!