Bree's uncle passed away. She's arrives in Savannah to renovate his office—damaged in a fire—and receive his clients. She finds an obscure little house surrounded by a murders' cemetery. It's creepy, but cheap. She just needs a spot to land until renovations are done. The landlord is friendly though slightly odd. In her new surroundings, Bree gains two employees and a dog. She also meets up with her old professor and her sister unexpectedly moves in. The strange part about this mystery is her first client. He's rich, powerful, intensely disliked, and dead.. The woman he haunts tells Bree he wants her to prove he was murdered and prove he wasn't as greedy in life as he was made out to be. It's a mystery full of supernatural strangeness.

Perfectly set in historical, spirit-filled Savannah, Georgia, Defending Angels is well-written and imaginative. I loved it. Stanton notes her angels benefit from the contributions of several Chinese religions, Mahayana Buddhism being one. The cosmology created for the Company is based on eleventh and twelfth century medieval theology.  And it all makes for a fascinating, entertaining read.