Why read Even Though I Knew the End?

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C. L. Polk turns their considerable powers to a fantastical noir. A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her life. This sapphic period piece will dazzle anyone looking for mystery, intrigue, romance, magic, or all of the above.…

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2 authors picked Even Though I Knew the End as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Patrick Kanouse

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I finished reading this book and immediately gave it to my spouse and said, “Read this.” And after she finished reading it, we agreed to give it to another person with the insistence, “Read this.” Helen Brandt is a private detective in 1941 Chicago, and she has supernatural talents.

Her talents, her insecurities, her history unfold on the pages in a riveting read. As she hunts for a serial killer known as the White City Vampire, I felt myself pulling for Helen at every turn, and her voice leaps off the page.

From Patrick's list on Chicago as a main character.

W.B.J. Williams

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Polk’s Helen is damned by her own choice and is offered a chance to undo that. A chance to live with the love of her life for what years may come. Who wouldn’t take that chance to have hope and love again instead of the certainty of damnation and the hell of no longer seeing the woman you love forever more?

This heartbreakingly beautiful tale of love and hard choices wrapped in the search for a killer brought me to tears multiple times.

From W.B.J.'s list on paranormal noir from someone who loves noir.