Fantasy Detective

In this genre-twisting novel, infamous necromancer Johannes Cabal, after beating the Devil and being reunited with his soul, leads us on another raucous journey in a little-known corner of the world. This time he’s on the run from the local government.

When the Night Foxes boldly break into the Fourth Precinct’s Evidence Building, it causes quite the stir. As a Magical Examiner, Henri Davenforth is immediately called in. To his astonishment, Captain Gregson has him work the case like a detective. More astounding, he assigns Henri a partner - The Shinigami Detective. The woman is famous for killing the most destructive rogue witch of the century, and no one is quite certain where she’s from. Every officer in the precinct is either in awe of her, or a little frightened by her. Henri is just baffled.

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,...

Humans have always been fascinated by darkness. Especially the darkness of a city at night, when the black sky is made ever more inky by the pools of illumination dropped under streetlights. Whether the mean streets be in an alternate past charmed with dark magic or the dirty alleyways of futuristic crowded space stations, the city—and its darkened streets—will always fascinate us. Here then, an anthology of all new stories of science fiction and fantasy with a hardboiled noir twist that acknowledge that the city is a living, breathing entity...and it isn’t always on our side.

Former Chicago police officer, now Private Investigator, Johnny Sundown is being hunted. A religious fanatic with powers even greater than Johnny's has had a revelation: the magic-wielding Native American private detective is the purest of evil. And to usher in the ending of a sinful and corrupt world, God himself has commanded - Johnny Sundown must die.

A small village has been struck by a curse! Villagers are dropping dead for no apparent reason. Holmes and Watson are seeking to discover if there's truth behind the legendary curse, or if there's another force at work...far worse!

It's not only Tenebrosorum vamps that are after Hunter, or an assassin from another plane, but also San Francisco’s ruling pack of werewolves. Why? Because they all think he knows the whereabout of the key. He doesn't even know what he had for lunch with all that amnesia caused by the body swapping. Add to that bouts of phantom pain, a keen taste for alcohol and a broken heart and he's going to have one hell of a time staving off the end of the world. Or, perhaps, causing it.

Claire and Mel follow a clue to the local Victoriana Fun Fair, which seems to be a little bit funny…
Fully illustrated.

A Victorian Mystery 2 of 4

The Detective takes place from roughly March 2683 to March 2684. Where applicable, the chapters are named to map to the action in The All-Pro (book III in the Galactic Football League series). The story actually begins, however, on unknown dates during book II, The Starter.

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 ...

Someone paid the vampire king’s creepy son to turn me into one of the bitey undead. I’m not hanging about to find out who or why. The vampires want me to stay with them for one hundred years of indentured servitude but I have this thing about following orders so I ran from the streets of London to the wilds of Alaska. I have an eidetic memory and a can-do attitude. I can-do anything to get away from the vampire king. So when the Sheriff of Portlock, a hidden paranormal town, invites me to be his assistant, I say sure thing. It beats servitude hands down.

As a detective, he was excellent. As a man who can tell real love from fantasy...not so much. But what makes it worse is the ones he falls in love with... Are monsters... And clients! How can a young man like him make so many mistakes like that and survive? Well, he just might not this time. Just because a woman looks like an angel, and acts like an angel...doesn't mean she isn't the devil in disguise!

In the third installment of *Olivia Cult: Tales of A Witch Detective*, the Enchantress Omega takes on an unsettling case involving the sudden appearance of aquatic mystical creatures across Parabola and the human world. As Olivia and her supernatural family investigate, they uncover a sinister plot involving a mysterious fae manipulating these creatures—along with one of Olivia’s own comrades. The fae seeks an ancient talisman capable of eliminating any target its wielder chooses. Faced with the task of clearing her ally's name, Olivia must also navigate an uneasy alliance with SPEAR, a...

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.

County Cork, Ireland. Skye Brigid O'Shea is still struggling to fit in. Still branded an outsider in her adopted rural town, the ex-pat American strives to get her inherited B&B shipshape despite the flaky local help. But after waking with a fright from a dream her fae cat claims she borrowed, the discombobulated newcomer trips over a dead body in her pub. Not about to head the suspect list again, the nosy former nurse chases down clues both mundane and otherworldly.

When four modern-day teenagers, Lincoln, Willow, Jaxon, and Ezra, are mysteriously transported to the year 1866, they find themselves standing on the shores of the Arrow River, where history is not just something you read about, it is something you survive. Guided by Shihou, an ancient time dragon, these reluctant time travelers become the founding members of the Time Detectives Club. During a roaring gold rush, they must crack age-old mysteries, hunt for hidden treasures, and navigate the dangers of a world where every decision could alter the course of history, or prevent them from ever ...

Leigh's life has been ripped apart. Orphaned, she goes to live with incredibly wealthy relatives she never knew she had. Struggling to fit into her new world, she can't let go of her grief. When the police tell her the investigation into her parents' murder has hit a brick wall, she knows the only way she will ever know peace is to solve the mystery herself. With new family and friends, which includes a ghost with multiple personality issues, Leigh risks everything to find her answers.

Galina Dombrosky was as patriotic as apple pie. An unexpected assignment drops her in St. Petersburg, Russia because of her Russian heritage. Beauty surrounds her, creating a longing for a land she doesn’t know – as well as an overwhelming attraction to the man she has been sent to spy upon, Nik. Nikodim ‘Nik’ Petrov is the most normal billionaire that she’s ever met (not that she has met many!) and completely down to earth. He is caring, friendly, and devastatingly handsome – which makes her wonder if the CIA has the hacker idententified correctly after all? When secrets are ...

Red wanted a peaceful vacation. It lasts three days before evil ambushes her mountain cabin. An old enemy returns to strike without mercy. He makes only one mistake. He should have double checked that she was dead. She rises from the ashes for vengeance. Kristoff joins her global quest as tutor in mayhem. Obsessed, she's committed to do what it takes even murder. Will she lose herself before she finds her nemesis? Payback's A Witch is the 8th book of the Red Witch Chronicles, a gritty urban fantasy series containing thrilling plots, complicated characters, and magical mayhem along with ...

In the aftermath of a vicious battle between darkness and light, the city of Elantra has emerged victorious. But Shadows continue to haunt every corner of its streets.... Elantra stands strong, but countless numbers of Hawks, the city's staunchest protectors, were lost in the brutal attack. Humans, Barrani, Aerians, Leontines - none of the races emerged unscathed from the defense of the city. Homes were lost, families were scattered - and the outcast Barrani Lord Nightshade is missing from his castle in the fiefs.