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When a distraught woman calls Drummond in the middle of night, he races across the city to stop her from being murdered. Only problem—she’s been dead for hours. Welcome to the Marshall Drummond Case Files. These stories explore the dark mysteries and thrilling adventures of 1940s PI, Marshall Drummond, before he died and became the ghost detective found in the bestselling Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries.

As a private investigator, most of Marshall Drummond’s cases involve that other world - the one with ghosts and spells, the one with witches and curses, the one most people never see nor want to see. When his Drummond’s old patrol buddy, Cooper, asks him to handle a current matter in private, he welcomes the idea of a case that does not involve the need for trips to the cemetery or discoveries about how deep the underworld goes. He should have known better.

The Parallel Society has a singular task—to protect the universe from the troubles caused by other universes intersecting with ours. But recent disruptions to the Society have place Veronica “Roni” Rider in the position of team leader, and they don’t have time for her to get acclimated.

Years ago, Nathan K had one encounter with Russo, the Puppeteer, and it nearly killed him. Permanently. But when he started his war against the Immortals, he knew someday he would have to go up against Russo again. Meeting Deanna Altman, an ex-MI5 agent bent on vengeance for Russo’s abuse of her sister, Nathan knew that day would come sooner than planned. Now, with the help of his constant companion and tech genius, Robin, the three have tracked Russo into South Korea. But finding the Puppeteer and taking him down are two very different things.

For Veronica “Roni” Ryder, the journey to becoming leader of the Parallel Society has been tough. She has fought people and monsters, experienced magic and mayhem, traveled the Earth and universes beyond. But one creature, one vile monstrosity, has been her most daunting rival–Yal-hara.

Sometimes getting information is tough for a PI. But when Marshall Drummond visits his ol’ pal, Leroy, for some Christmas drinking and a little information, things become downright bizarre. Add in a couple of amateur thieves and spellcasters, and Drummond will start wishing he had stayed home for the holidays.

When Leroy Parker discovers a full skeleton in the woods - one with a curse carved into the bone - he calls the only detective who specializes in the strange and unusual - Marshall Drummond. Together, their investigation will take them to something stranger than either ever expected. Something borne out of love but stretched into the bizarre. Because, the bonds of love will happily push beyond the normal and acceptable.

When a man walks into the Winston-Salem police station wearing only a toga and claims that somebody has stolen his mind, there are two choices - send him to the asylum or call Marshall Drummond, the 1940s' private investigator of the weird and unexplained. The case takes Drummond to hidden parts of the city where he’ll face unnatural people and emptied minds, and he’ll learn firsthand how dark the souls of mankind can be. That is, unless the magic that takes minds away swipes his as well.

Loose ends never sit well with Marshall Drummond, so when most of his case regarding the strange Mr. Howe has finished, he still has one leftover clue to deal with—a bizarre coin etched with an odd symbol. But what starts as a simple closing of a case turns into a horrifying end that will linger in Drummond for years to come.

In a farmhouse on the outskirts of Winston-Salem, PI Marshall Drummond is hired to help a girl accidentally cursed. But soon, he is in a fight for his life when the girl’s parents prove to be more dangerous than the curse itself. Welcome to the Marshall Drummond Case Files. These stories explore the dark mysteries and thrilling adventures of 1940s private investigator Marshall Drummond, before he died and became the ghost detective found in the best-selling Max Porter paranormal mysteries.

Nathan K — he can hold two souls in his body. If he dies, he loses one yet lives on with the other. As long as he replenishes his second soul, he cannot be killed. Nathan K is immortal.

When Nathan discovers two informants willing to turn against Larkin, his longtime rival, he has a chance to crack open his enemy’s defenses. But nothing is ever simple for Nathan K. An assassin looking to make her name and a secret organization looking to destroy the Immortals cloud matters. Then Nathan’s tech guru inserts herself in the action. That would be difficult enough, but all these warring sides are stuck on a cruise liner in the middle of the Atlantic with nothing but endless ocean surrounding them.

Hiding out in Canada, the last thing Nathan K wanted was another job. But when his partner finds a woman desperate to save her daughter from a human-trafficking ring, there is no thought of turning her down. They have only one night to find the daughter and free her from a gang of ruthless men before she is smuggled out of the country. But the daughter isn't the only captive, and the gang may not be all it seems. For Nathan, though, no matter how difficult the road, there's only one way to stop these men from taking other innocent girls. It's going to leave a lot of blood.

In the world of the Immortals, none is more feared than The Cardinal - a vicious, insane man with a thirst for destruction. And now, he has turned his eye upon Nathan. For the Cardinal, hunting Nathan may be nothing more than a game, but, for Nathan, it is a life and death pursuit. He will have to rely on trusted friends and questionable enemies as he races to uncover the reason behind the Cardinal's deadly attacks. If he can't find the answers, Nathan won't have any hope of stopping the Cardinal.

Complete the adventure as Veronica “Roni” Rider learns to lead her team against Yal-hara, a creature imprisoned in our universe and desperate to get out. With the help of Gram, Elliot, and Sully, Roni will battle monsters and man alike all in her quest to bring peace to our universe. Luckily, they are not alone. Along the way, new team members will join the fight. And, of course, new villains will emerge.

The Bluesman: musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown into our world from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save the Earth from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his companion, Scotch, he faces these monsters hoping to create a peaceful world for all.

By the early 1930s, PI Marshall Drummond had built up an underground reputation in North Carolina as the man to turn to with cases involving the weird and unexplained. So, it should have come as no shock when a notorious gangster wanted to hire him. Even a Northern gangster. But nothing is ever simple with criminals. What seems like a straightforward haunting reveals a callous crime, one that involves cold murder, shallow graves, and macabre ghosts. One that Drummond finds more and more difficult to get away from.

Upon finishing a difficult and disturbing case, Marshall Drummond is thrust right back into the thick of danger when two hitmen pay him a visit. But these hitmen have cursed bullets and that can mean only one thing—witches. Now Drummond races against the clock to break a curse and stop a witch from succeeding in the one thing all witches want—his death.

Deanna Altman, the new member to the team, has one goal in mind - save her sister. As Nathan and Robin bring Altman into the fold, a strange opportunity comes from a stranger source. The job - attack a neo-Nazi encampment located in the Sahara Desert in exchange for intel on the whereabouts of Russo, the very man who destroyed the life of Altman’s sister. Though Nathan is skeptical, the decision is made to take the job. But Altman’s hyper-focus on her sister makes her reckless in the field and threatens to hurt all around her.

When Nathan and Robin are taken against their will, they end up under the thumb of a Colombian drug lord. In order to protect Robin, Nathan is forced to help defeat a rival organization. But his captors can never be trusted. Once they see how powerful Nathan is, they will never let him go. They’ll want him forever.