Theres a murder of an elf and LA prosecutor, sleuth and forenisc Ianthanomancer Lee Enfield; with her partner Gelert whose a Fayhound, are investigating but there's more to this murder than is obvious.
A much more mature novel than it looks/sounds. The main character, a plain middle-aged woman investigating increased murders of elves across the worlds, seeks ever deeper into a plot that just gets brouder and more interesting as you go.