Fantasy Detective Mystery

The Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter backlist lights up the night. In her eighth adventure, Anita Blake can't turn her back on a former lover during the full moon. Especially since he's behind bars-and he's a werewolf.

At Archwell Academy, it’s the ticket to a successful future. But like every secret society, there is something much darker beneath the surface … sometimes girls disappear. When four Archwell students find themselves trapped in a time loop, they must relive their worst memories, untangling the Lilies’ moldering roots and unraveling the secrets at the core of their school … before they destroy their futures forever.

Jobe wants to be a bard like his father Jaquan. But his father abandoned him after a fight. Now Jobe’s living with his mother Jona, and working as a clown at a seaside amusement park. A singer quits, and Jobe wants to audition. But his boss Dashiel hires the infamous bard Paracleus instead, which infuriates Jobe. Jobe tries to dissuade Paracleus from performing. But Jobe finds himself seduced by Paracleus. Paracleus normally would travel to hide the fact he’s a kitsune Vulpine, a shape-shifting fox with nine tails who can take on human form. He’s afraid what’ll happen to him if ...

Shadowseer: London (book one) tells the story of Kaia, 17, an orphan coming of age in the Victorian London of the 1850s. Kaia yearns to escape her horrific orphanage, to discover who her parents were, and to understand why she can sense shadows when others cannot. Yet the streets of London are as brutal as the orphanage, and for Kaia, there is no easy way out.

Join the Fab Four - Emma, Ben, Mia, and Alex - as they embark on thrilling adventures as the renowned Monster Detective Agency. Together, they solve perplexing mysteries and assist creatures from all walks of the supernatural world. From aiding a friendly vampire to uncovering the truth behind a haunted mansion, these young detectives prove that understanding and empathy can triumph over fear and prejudice. But when a mysterious antagonist threatens their mission, the Fab Four must stand strong, determined to protect their belief in unity and acceptance. Will they overcome the challenges ...

When Muriel Carew attends a lavish society party, the last person she expects to bump into is her ex-fiancee Henry Jekyll, a man she's not seen for many years. When Jekyll turns out to be investigating a series of missing persons in London, Muriel is intrigued. But Jekyll is not working alone, and if Muriel wants to aid in the investigation, she must work with both Henry and his partner, the monstrous and uncouth Mr Hyde.

Dib is an Earthlike planet, only slightly smaller, with shorter days and longer years, in orbit around twin suns. On the continent of Geo, in the city of Velon in the nation of Inimata, a man lies dead in his study. In life, Professor Orno Linus was a world-class scholar: an astrophysicist, a dead-language linguist, and an expert in (and apparent true believer of) the religious concept of the Cull, i.e., the end of the world. Widely respected, nothing about Linus’s expertise suggests somebody might want him dead.

Murder investigation is tricky--especially when the deceased threatens to kill you... FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Former medical student turned FBI special assistant Amanda Meyer isn’t thrilled about her new gig as a ghost whisperer, especially now that she has the spirit of a departed drag queen following her around. But having a pal on the other side may just come in handy when a billionaire’s widow meets her untimely demise and Amanda and her oh so sexy boss, Rick Rowling, head of the Paranormal Cases Division, are called in to find the killer. With nine scandalous suspects, nine ...

Something’s rotten in Apple country! Hildy Biddle is a high school reporter eager to stand up for the truth. She’s just waiting for a chance to prove herself as a journalist, and yearning for a big story. The trouble is, the town’s biggest story stars...a ghost. Not a very easy interview! This ghost has the town in a tizzy, and the local paper is playing up people’s fears with shocking headlines of eerie happenings and ghostly sightings. Hildy’s determined to discover what’s really going on, but her desire to uncover the truth is making some people awfully nervous.

Where do you go to fix a problem only you know about? Lia and Stephanie have stumbled upon a new case for the detective agency to unravel. It's not stumping the police. It's not even a cold case. That's because no one outside the magical world even knows it's happening. A grimoire that possesses the reader with the spirit of a dead wizard isn't the sort of thing that makes the news, especially when the reader is a notorious recluse.

The fourth exciting episode in this continuing magical saga finds the two young sleuths continuing their seclusion in the abandoned east wing of the McMasters castle as their intriguing adventures continue. Yet tricked by the rivaling wizard Vincent Chalmers, they find themselves back on the doomed airline of flight 4652, but survive using powered magical wands to form a protective shield. And Maci rises from the flames of that crash and four attempts on her life—to take the rare but historical position of Phoenix.

In the quiet, small-town charm of Harvest Hollow, Marigold Thorne hoped for a peaceful life tending her herbs and helping her neighbors with magical remedies. But when a sudden death rocks the Harvest Festival, strange shadows creep through the woods, and villagers begin to vanish, Marigold realizes something sinister has taken root. An ancient lich has risen, binding his dark magic to the very heart of the town—and to Marigold herself. As long as she lives, the lich cannot die. With the help of her sharp-tongued cat familiar, her fiercely loyal best friend, and a skeptical sheriff with ...

Detective Rita Hobbes’ life has been mysteriously erased, and her day isn’t about to get any better. All Rita wants is to abandon dreary Blackpool and start over somewhere new. But when she triggers a magical hex that renders her invisible and traps her in her hometown, escape seems impossible. Rita soon finds that Blackpool has some hidden secrets: magical artifacts fashioned in heaven, a fallen angel buried beneath the sea in a glass prison, and living nightmares in fine suits and animal masks that can turn your mind to soup.

When a bomb goes off at 221B Baker Street, Evelina Cooper is thrown into her uncle Sherlock's world of mystery and murder. But just when she thought it was safe to return to the ballroom, old, new, and even dead enemies are clamoring for a place on her dance card. Before Evelina's even unpacked her gowns for a country house party, an indiscretion puts her in the power of the ruthless Gold King, who recruits her as his spy. He knows her disreputable past and exiles her to the rank alleyways of Whitechapel with orders to unmask his foe.

I'm less than thrilled when the Federal Bureau of Magic sends a training instructor to make sure my skills are up to snuff. Agent Quinn Redmond is an uptight fae with a rigid approach to rules and regulations that even a do-gooder like me finds stifling. When an eerie fog settles over the town, residents begin acting out in response, resulting in overtime hours for Chief Fox and local law enforcement. Things take a deadly turn when one of the residents ends up dead and I worry his death is only the beginning.

Serial murder with a sick ritual... The most unusual way to use Eggs Benedict... The mismatched duo's race against time... FREE with Kindle Unlimited! Former London socialite Kelly Kinki doesn’t always see eye to eye with her sexy-as-hell boss Michael Archangel, but she’ll follow the brilliant, cross-dressing detective anywhere to help solve their latest case. Kelly was happy to lay her rep as the Dragon Lady to rest when she moved across the pond, but to catch an eyeball snatching serial killer she’ll have to put her skills at fire breathing to the test once again. A gruesome autopsy...

It is spring in North Carolina and Hope is planning new gardens for the yard of her century-old house. Teaching at the middle school, working part time in a bakery, and raising her daughter, Cori, leave little time for her to do research on two mysteries. But Hope and her resident ghost keep searching for clues to his hundred-year-old murder while she continues to look into the suspicious accident that took her husband's life. Hope has one more thing to worry about. Her friend and bakery owner, Edsel, is having the same dream every night where a ghost says she needs to speak to Hope.

PENDELVE THE PARSER IS ON THE CASE. As winter thaws into spring, something sinister keeps the sleepy town of Lucidiss in chills. Ten lives have been claimed by a mysterious killer, and whispers point to a figure once adored—an eccentric jester rumored to have retreated into madness. Summoned to investigate is Pendelve the Parser, a detective with three beasts and a sharp mind. As he unravels the puzzle, he finds more than he bargained for: an old feud reignited, a shadowy foe lurking in the fog-drenched riverlands, and a deadly game where every move might be his last. In the midst of ...

Citizens of London are going about their every day business. Shopping. Catching steampunk boats, planes, blimps, and taxis. Strolling along merchant lanes. Enjoying the brisk breeze of the Thames... Then it happens. War. And not from Europe, or even across the seas... but instead from another world... not in their solar system...but from a parallel world. A world like theirs, but ruled by an evil tyrant! A tyrant who intends on expanding their empire. And for Sherlock Holmes and his friends, it is a day of tragedy! Holmes vanishes without a trace!

Fifteen-year-old Laurel Goodwin wakes up to find her older sister Ivy missing from their Airstream trailer in the Oregon redwoods. A recurring nightmare convinces her that Ivy was abducted, but no one takes her dream seriously, including her mom. Laurel, a loner, has to learn to ask for help, and Jasper Blake, a mysterious new kid who shares her love of old books, quickly becomes her ally. Together they find their quiet town holds a deep secret and is the epicenter of a dark prophecy.