The witness for the dead

Thara Celehar is working as the eponymous witness for the dead in the city of Amalo. A case involving a dead opera singer, another centering on a contested will, the discovery of a man with a history of dead wives, not to mention the appearance of a ghoul, and the consequences of political maneuvering all beset our Witness. What he does about all of these things is what makes the book so satisfying.