Dwarves and Rooks

Marion gets a contract from the Aés Sidhe to investigate the murder of a Dwarf Chief on the Reservation. Yet though her adoptive mother, Alice, is the Minister responsible, Alice has gone on a horse riding holiday on the Peacestead at Asgard.
Obviously the Empress Megra has been told, but generally it must be secret. Alice wasn't expecting Marion to bring her staff.
Marion has been practising shape-changing with her new cloak.
This is the fourth of six "Marion and the Rooks" books.
The cover is based on "The Valkyrie and the Raven" by Fredrick Sandys.
This is the corrected Spring 2024 edition.
Approximately 50,000 words.