I had a hard time getting into it and had to give myself a "trust the author" pep talk. It led me in some surprising ways but overall, the story didn't hit my sweet spots.

A "xenoarbitrator" (mediates between different species) gets hired to investigate a murder (this is not her line of work). So we got the murder mystery, it's off planet so it's also SF, then where her investigation takes her is pure Fantasy. She also has a "felizard" perched atop her head that speaks telepathically.... It was just a bit much for me. ( )