Trouble The Saints: A Novel

"Phyllis LeBlanc has saint’s hands. Her knives never miss; it’s a terrible gift that’s made her into a Manhattan mob boss’ most feared enforcer. She has another troublesome gift: She can pass for white. Downtown, she’s Phyllis, but uptown, she’s Pea – a fraught and dangerous balance to hold. And both sides of her are tired of life as a killer, even though refusing to use her saint’s hands puts her own life in danger. Phyllis has been telling herself she only kills people who deserve it, but how much good does that really do in a world broken by racism and hatred? This is a knotty, painful, gorgeously told historical fantasy in which nobody’s hands are clean, nobody escapes the consequences of their own actions and the past will not stay buried."