The Lost Plot by Genevieve Cogman

 "The gaslight flickered, making her look even more like a barely preserved corpse than before.  She was thin enough that, in her heavy black dress, she resembled a marionette from the sort of Punch and Judy show that ended in a zombie apocalypse."


While the story starts with vampires, and here makes alusions to zombies, it really centers on dragon politics in a mobbed up 1920's -esque New York.  Irene is forced into the role of mob boss.  Great fun.

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