Two years ago, Nissa Arnson's infallible interpretation of the future was challenged for the first time, and she spared a man's life. Now she investigates a new adversary with fewer Rooks and far more to lose, while Will Augustine fears for his future and struggles to maintain his integrity as an Alterer. As their paths cross again, long-hidden and terrifying secrets begin to come to light.

As Nissa continues to explore the history of the Rooks, she meets someone eerily similar to herself.

A Garden Variety Mystery follows Ivy, an average college student who if it was up to her she would just go to class and smoke weed, while working her side hustle as an amateur private investigator catching cheating boyfriends for extra cash. Unfortunately, she is pushed out of her comfort zone when a freshman student Delilah shows up at her door begging Ivy to find out who framed her for plagiarism. Now Ivy with the help of her trusty best friend and roommate, Paul, is on the case.