Fantasy Detective Mystery

"When I was alive, my family seemed picture-perfect. My adoptive parents adored me, and my little sister, Laurel, copied my every move. But now that my long-lost twin, Emma, has taken my place to solve my murder, we're both learning just how flawed my family really is. Laurel is shooting Emma nasty looks and sneaking around with my ex-boyfriend. And it turns out my parents are keeping a huge secret - could it be the reason I'm dead?"

Crack open your spell book and enter the world of the illustrious Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary. There's been a murder on campus, and it's up to the students of Galileo to solve it. Follow 18 authors and 18 students as they puzzle out the clues and find the guilty party.

In this sequel to the breakout hit Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side, Jessica Packwood finds being a newly married teenage vampire princess isn’t all that easy. She might be living in a Romanian castle with her husband Lucius Vladescu, but she’s also surrounded by undead subjects who aren’t ready to welcome her as queen. Then Lucius is accused of murdering a vampire Elder, leaving Jessica more alone than ever.

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner… Love is in the air and so are the ghosts! FREE on Kindle Unlimited! When Rick’s old friend, up-and-coming celeb psychic Brian Powers is accused of murdering an esthetician at a luxe gentlemen-only spa, Mandy’s cozy afternoon at home goes from cookie-baking to crime solving. With baby Sophie and ghost-pal Jackie in tow, Mandy and Rick take to haunting the spa where the facials are fab and the intrigue is high-end. Every suspect has a secret, but who’s willing to kill to keep theirs under wraps? [Seaweed wraps, that is.] Find out in this ...

Spooks and magic, a mystic invitation, and an ancient monster on a killing spree… Free on Kindle Unlimited! It’s Halloween in Kyoto—the city of ghosts, fairies, gods and goddesses—where magick rules. Mandy and Rick Rowling are preparing to go back home to New York. But before they go, the god of thunder summons Mandy and Sara Abe, a local detective and sorceress, handing them “a small and easy” assignment to finish before the Rowlings leave this mystic city. A monster strikes during a fundraiser that Rick, Mandy, Sara, and her fiancé are attending. Once the mayhem begins, the ...

In San Francisco’s darkest corners, magic is more than real—it’s deadly. And Bonnie Glock is the city’s last line of defense. As a hard-nosed P.I., Bonnie Glock knows how to take down the most dangerous criminals in the Mixed—where magic and the mundane collide. But she's hiding a dangerous secret of her own: Bonnie is a witch, a revelation that could destroy her if exposed. The city is spiraling into chaos. Rogue mages and shapeshifters are wreaking havoc, and the Magic Intelligence Agency has lost control. Only Bonnie stands between the city and anarchy, but her new partner—a ...

In the first book of the Shaw Confessions, the companion series to the New York Times best-selling Mara Dyer novels, old skeletons are laid bare and new promises prove deadly. This is what happens after happily ever after. Everyone thinks 17-year-old Noah Shaw has the world on a string. They're wrong. Mara Dyer is the only one he trusts with his secrets and his future. He shouldn't. And both are scared that uncovering the truth about themselves will force them apart. They're right.

"ALICE CROWLEY'S EROTIC STORIES ALWAYS HAVE SURPRISE ENDINGS!" ~ Hwk "I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~ Satisfied Kindle Reader "ALICE CROWLEY IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST LIVING WRITERS!" ~ G. Taylor 8,000 words. A trip into the darkness, a trip into the light. Welcome to the dangerous mind of paranormal occult erotica author Alice Crowley, where the human becomes the inhuman, and the human and the inhuman mate. This story is not for those with a heart that is faint! Crack this yarn open wide and wander down the winding lanes of imagination, fantasy, and carnal, sensual stimulation!

THE VINDICTIVE VINES Mark Tonnick and Delinda Djinn hunt for a killer with a taste for Wine and Homicide. A Napa Valley winery owned by Tonnick’s main client is about to go bust for reasons no one seems to understand. Between the dubious history of the vineyards, the mysterious wine caves and the picturesque tasting room built on the stones of a cursed castle, Djinn and Tonnick are about to uncork all the murder and mayhem they can handle.

Welcome to the town of Willow Creek, where the laundry isn’t just clean — it’s magical. Eleven-year-old Sky is no ordinary kid. With bright red hair, quick wit, and a heart full of courage, she’s about to uncover a world beyond the spin cycle — where socks disappear, jeans vanish, and a mischievous Laundry Master threatens to unravel the fabric of both her town and a hidden magical realm. Join Sky and her friends Felix and Harper on a whirlwind adventure full of friendship, mystery, and magic. Are you ready to spin the cycle?

Running a paranormal detective agency out of your dad's garage: cool. Even though you don't believe any of it: still cool. Getting the biggest case of your life: astonishingly cool. Being forced to partner with the new guy in school: not at all cool. Even if he makes your knees weak: still wildly uncool. Finding your own obituary in your locker: Least. Cool. Of. All.

Though forty miles away, Duston Heights is not safe from the flu that’s raging through Boston. When Johnny Dixon’s grandmother falls ill, he’s sent to live with his neighbor to avoid infection. So many locals are getting sick that school is canceled for a week, and the reclusive Dr. Abram Ashburn comes out of retirement to make house calls. After seeing a scary vision of his bedridden grandmother outside of a window, Johnny starts to feel on edge. Then he and his best friend find what looks to be a weird map of a cemetery in Dr. Ashburn’s house.

I have a secret. One that some vampires would kill me for. Problem is...I don't know about it yet. My life is a never ending series of background checks, faulty insurance claims,and cheating spouses. Basically, it's predictable and unexciting. Sure, there's the occasional out-of-the-box case, but for the most part, being a private investigator isn't as glamorous as television makes it out to be. All that changes with one missing person case. After reluctantly agreeing to search for a missing girl, I find myself suddenly thrown into a world of supernaturals that I never knew existed. And as ...

A tricky art theft and talking teacup… Throw in a perky ghost and a perkier toddler! FREE on Kindle Unlimited! When a slightly tricky art theft takes place in an upscale Upper East Side neighborhood, Mandy and Rick are called in to crack the case. With their daughter Sophie and Mandy’s ghost pal Jackie in tow, the USCAB duo tackle a baffling switcheroo. An art dealer’s pricey Japanese vase has been replaced with a cheap fake and an attempted murder complicates the situation. The only witness: a talking teacup. Can Mandy coax the spirit of an ancient Samurai with a fuzzy memory to ...

It's springtime of senior year, and psychic sleuth Daisy Giordano is preparing to say goodbye to Nightshade High. But no college acceptance letters have arrived yet, and she's beginning to worry about where she'll end up come fall - and if it will be anywhere near her boyfriend, Ryan. But that's not the only uncertainty Daisy's dealing with. Theres a vamps-versus-shifters war going on in Nightshade, and things are so tense that there is talk of canceling the prom.

Stella Ainsley leaves poverty behind when she quits her engineering job aboard the Stalwart to become a governess on a private ship. On the Rochester, there’s no water ration, more books than one person could devour in a lifetime, and an AI who seems more friend than robot. But no one warned Stella that the ship seems to be haunted, nor that it may be involved in a conspiracy that could topple the entire interstellar fleet.

When Arthur sat down to write the greatest detective on the planet, he had no idea he was also writing the name of whom would one day become also his best friend in real life. Oh, thee adventures that Conan is about to embark on as he joins with Sherlock Holmes to foil crimes and criminals larger than life and darker than the shadows. A novel that carries on the tradition of Sherlock Holmes, but lifts him into a whole new category of Urban Fantasy Mystery and Suspense! Science fiction at its finest!

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 ...

Even in the future, dames still need help, criminals still need capturing, and men still hire out to do both! Hugh Monn, Private Detective, the debut collection from author Lee Houston is a New Pulp mash up of two classic genres-the hard boiled detective and science fiction! Join Hugh as he walks the glittering, yet dark streets of Galveston 2 and finds as much mayhem and corruption in the future as there's ever been!

My name is Mike Raven. I hunt nightmares. Demons murdered my parents when I was eight. Turns out my folks were paranormal investigators, and hell always settles its scores. Naturally I decided to join the family business. For two decades, I've studied the occult and traveled the world fighting monsters. But my biggest challenge lay ahead. From the moment Celeste stepped into my office, I knew she was in trouble. Her father had promised her soul to a powerful demon on the day she was born. Now, 21 years later, the forces of darkness were gathering to collect their long-awaited prize.