Diamonds & Emeralds

Nathan Barrett makes anonymous music nobody knows is his, which suits him fine, because the alternative is being heard. Then his aunt leaves him a San Francisco estate that hums under his feet, a silver bracelet that won't come off, and two murdered souls stuffed into a pit bull and a Persian cat — Diamond, who narrates his former life like a man who's never met a clean word, and Emerald, a drag legend who can wither paint off the walls and still land the truth like a spotlight. They were killed for what they knew, and Nathan is the only living soul who can hear them ask him to do something about it. The catch is the magic itself: resonance, a power that runs on sound and raw honesty, useless to anyone still lying to themselves. To catch two killers, Nathan has to find his own voice. His familiars have opinions about how long that's taking.