Fantasy Detective

The book with colored illustrations tells the story of Bob – the youngest student of the secret Institute of Reality. He becomes a super detective because he can see, hear, and feel what is inaccessible to anyone else. He can move to the future and the past. He sees how all people and events are controlled... And he also gains access to a reality hidden from everyone else... Together with the special services agent Richards, he solves the most complicated cases.

A collection of 'neo-pulp' stories in the style of the classics but with a modern outlook and twist. Cichol's Children - Mythos/Weird Stain - Detective Shanks - Western The Black Rat - Masked vigilante The Dastard - Sword and Sorcery Wild - Jungle adventure Rink Rash - Exploitation/Post Apocalypse/Sport Mimsy Burogrove - Detective/Psychedelic Doc Osmium - Action/Adventure Tessa Coyle - Science Fiction/Detective Ace Slamm - Science Fiction One Man McCann - War/Science Fiction

Jha Ramandem experienced a whirlwind tour of Scotland and Paris on his long overdue return to India. In Amritsar, India, he took care of unfinished business and paid his respects to his sister’s resting place, under the Banyon tree. The last place he saw his little sister. Jha's world was turned upside down during his trip when his best friend, Rusty Collins, disappeared. He had to help find him. He traveled to Siberia, where, after rescuing his friend, he encountered the legendary creature Lusud-Khan, the monster of Lake Baikal. He must place all his trust in the creature and the icy ...

As a witch in the walled city of Chernograd, Kosara has plenty of practice treating lycanthrope bites, bargaining with kikimoras, and slaying bloodsucking upirs. There’s only one monster she can’t defeat: her ex, the Zmey, known as the Tsar of Monsters. She’s defied him one too many times and now he’s hunting her. Betrayed by someone close to her, Kosara’s only choice is to trade her shadow—the source of her powers—for a quick escape.

An old friend, an assassination contract, and twenty billion reasons to overthrow a demigod. I am Lucas Johnson, a fixer from New York, who is best known as the new Lucifer. And in spite of the name’s reputation, people still come around to make deals. This time, it’s an old friend of mine, Sora. He has organized a rebellion to topple Miyamoto Musashi, the godfather of Yakuza, who happens to be the member of the Hand of God in charge of the Secret Societies of the entire Japanese region. What the rebellion lacks is the raw power actually to fight Musashi. To help him free his people ...

Continue the unforgettable journey with Alex and Lila, two intrepid adventurers. From the very first page, young readers are transported into a world of mystery and excitement that will keep them hooked from start to finish. Set against the backdrop of ancient, puzzling ruins, this book is a gateway to a world filled with secrets waiting to be uncovered. As Alex and Lila delve deeper into the Forgotten City, they discover an intriguing code, hidden for centuries. The code isn't just any puzzle; it's a riddle that bridges the gap between the past and the future. Young readers will be ...

Solon of Pergamon, healer of the great entertainment-warriors of a glittering age, turns detective when a cherished acquaintance is murdered. Torn between his growing love for a beguiling student and a dark secret that threatens imperial power, he must find a route into the human heart to uncover the truth. Classic storytelling in an unforgettable setting.

Deadly ingredients, earth-shattering recipes, and poisoned relationships abound in this tantalizing third installment of the Hex Kitchen series. The culinary magic world is at war with itself. A murderer with a vendetta has taken control of the all-powerful Gourmands. The first step in his recipe for domination: kill all his rivals...beginning with Braxton and Kenzie. New enemies are emerging from all sides, and the future of magic is at stake. Everything hinges on Braxton’s sister and her lover-turned-enemy. The problem is that Sofia is in jail, and Graham is being hunted by the police. ...

That's the question that has haunted 14-year-old Ezekiel Blast all his life. But he's not a thief, he just has a talent for finding things. Not a superpower - a micropower. Because what good is finding lost bicycles and hair scrunchies, especially when you return them to their owners and everyone thinks you must have stolen them in the first place? If only there were some way to use Ezekiel's micropower for good, to turn a curse into a blessing. His friend Beth thinks there must be, and so does a police detective investigating the disappearance of a little girl.

Kaira Hansley can illusion herself into anyone she chooses. Bodyguard who means business? Sure. Cute little kid with pigtails? Absolutely. The Alliance Director himself? No sweat. The only face she doesn’t want to wear into public is her own. After three years of living off the grid, she’s now the most famous Magic in Boston. And her boyfriend is the most famous Natural. Exposing themselves has put Kaira and Graysen right in the path of a cold-blooded killer. Murders are sweeping the city, where distrust between Magics and Naturals has reached a boiling point. As Kaira, Graysen, and the...

Magic stole Caly’s family. Now it’s coming for her... Journalist Caly Cook has a stellar career, but nothing else. When a story breaks about two vanished girls, a painful wound is reopened - her sister’s supernatural abduction. Soon she is plunged into a world of supernatural nightmares where nobody can be trusted - especially not Knox, the gorgeous Prince of Wizards. Alone and hurting, she stumbles into a one-night stand with an irresistible shifter, and ignites a love triangle that could ruin everything. As an unimaginable evil threatens the missing girls, Caly must confront her ...

When Meg Walton's best friend goes missing without a trace, the witch investigator goes into full panic mode. This is Meg's most personal case yet, and the stakes couldn't be higher. She desperately searches for clues to determine her dear friend's whereabouts. But she quickly discovers that this isn't like any other missing person's case that she's ever worked on. All signs are pointing to dark magic being involved in the disappearance. The more Meg investigates, the more she worries that a terrifying force was behind this. One that could strike again with devastating consequences. Can Meg...

In the mid twenty-first century San Francisco, a group of corpses is found chained together on the bottom of the bay. Retired police officer Louis Tanner must find the killer among a city full of serial murderers, cyborgs, and street-wise kids. This first book in the Carlucci series introduces famed police lieutenant Frank Carlucci.

Wren knew her sweet treats could work wonders, but she never knew they could work magic. She barely has time to wrap her head around the stunning revelation when the head of the prestigious Confectioner’s Guild falls down dead before her. Poisoned by her cupcake. Now facing murder charges in a magical world she doesn’t understand, Wren must discover the true killer or face the headsman’s axe. But when her search for clues leads to a deep-rooted conspiracy that goes all the way to the top, she realizes that the guild master isn’t the only one at risk of death by chocolate.

I have come a long way to watch myself die. I am Lucas, and my life on Earth has not gone well. To start anew, I plan to exile myself to Mirrorrealm and to burn the bridge that connects the realms, so that no one, especially not my daughter, can follow me. Very nice of me, I know. Yet over my life, I have unintentionally twisted, corrupted, or straight-up demolished everything good I have ever touched. Including her. Now, I have to face the consequences of that, because an artifact has appeared, most likely from the future, and it has landed on my birth home. Coincidence? No. Me from the ...

Isabella joins a coven... But there are no witches in it. When Isabella's friend Emma changes her religion, Isabella is happy she's found something she can believe in. Until she learns Emma thinks she's a witch. Magic doesn't work that way and now she's worried her friend is being taken advantage of. Isabella is desperate to find out who is killing members of the coven - desperate enough to hunt him down on her own. What will it take for her to capture a witch older and stronger than her, and is she willing to pay that price? *** For fans of Amanda M. Lee, Annabel Chase, and Leighann Dobbs,...

When a gruesome murder is discovered at the Osthorne Academy of Young Mages, where her estranged twin sister teaches theoretical magic, reluctant detective Ivy Gamble is pulled into the world of untold power and dangerous secrets. She will have to find a murderer and reclaim her sister - without losing herself.

“Grimm TV Series meets The Dresden Files” Second chances are hard to find in one-stoplight, Rocky Mountain towns. Unless they come looking for you. Lowe Alexander used to like to laugh. He was always the life of the party. Ask anyone in Tamarack Falls. But last year he lost his mom, his job, and one of his best friends. He needs a do-over. When a stranger called Bear lumbers into town and tricks Lowe into applying for a job, he suddenly goes from unemployed forest worker to underpaid medicine man faster than he can pound a shot or ask for a number. After an inadequate apprenticeship, he...

Descendants of the Fates are always born in threes: one to weave, one to draw, and one to cut the threads that connect people to the things they love and to life itself. The Ora sisters are no exception. Io, the youngest, uses her Fate-born abilities as a private investigator in the half-sunken city of Alante. But her latest job leads her to a horrific discovery: somebody is abducting women, maiming their life-threads, and setting the resulting wraiths loose in the city to kill.

Bizarre New Orleans Death Ceremony Ends in Murder French Quarter paranormal investigator Wyatt Thomas meets a new client at an bizarre death ceremony in a revamped Canal Street movie theater. The man gives Wyatt a bag of cash and a single clue: a solid gold Krewe of Rex, 1948 Mardi Gras doubloon. His only request is for Wyatt to find the person or persons who murdered his mother. The case isn't simply cold, it's 50-years old. When his client is shot dead on the way out the door, Wyatt must go into hiding, solve both murders, or suffer the same fate