Fantasy Detective

Charlene has hired a van to ferry her B&B guests to an all-you-can-eat corned beef and cabbage dinner hosted by Salem's Irish community at the Ancient Order of Hibernians club—but she should have booked a hearse. It's never a good sign when the family black sheep drunkenly crashes a party by punching the guy dressed as a leprechaun. But things go from troublesome to fatal when Charlene stumbles upon a second brawl in an upper room—and this fight Connor Gallagher loses, his anonymous assailant rushing past Charlene, hidden by a hoodie.

I was my dad's vinyl-wallah: I changed his records while he lounged around, and that's how I know my Argo from my Tempo. And it's why, when Dr Walid called me to the morgue to listen to a corpse, I recognised the tune it was playing. Something violently supernatural had happened to the victim, strong enough to leave its imprint like a wax cylinder recording.

Here is the precursor to Jurassic Park. Victorian explorers have heard there is a remote plateau where dinosaurs still survive, and a group set outs on a dangerous mission to find out more about it.

A break-in at the local bar seems at first glance a routine case of vandalism, likely the result of high schoolers looking to score some free booze. Except... No alcohol was stolen, there's no evidence of an actual break-in, and the thief was clearly looking for something. But what? Chief Ellie Matthews wants to know. Meanwhile, as a new werewolf, her first official turning is rapidly approaching―and she's seriously not looking forward to it. By all accounts, it's going to be painful and super weird, and she just doesn't have time for it. Not when it turns out someone is hunting all the ...

Down, down the Wicked hole… FREE on Kindle Unlimited! With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Rick and Mandy might have chocolate kisses and blushing roses in mind, but instead they’re drawn into a new case by NYC FBI Chief Hernandez when his daughter’s favorite author bites the dust. Up and coming graphic novelist Eve Wellington has been murdered, and no one’s more surprised than she is to find herself newly dead. The list of suspects who wanted to erase the self-styled cartoon diva includes rival artists, exhausted editors, and overworked assistants, but it’s the trail of...

Cal Sounder is a detective working for the police on certain very sensitive cases. So when he's called in to investigate a homicide at a local apartment, he is surprised at first to see that the victim appears to be a rather typical techie. But on closer inspection, he finds the victim is over seven feet tall. And even though he doesn't look a day over thirty, he is actually ninety years old. Clearly, he is a Titan - one of this dystopian, near-future society's genetically altered elites.

Bone Gap is the story of Roza, a beautiful girl who is taken from a quiet Midwestern town and imprisoned by a mysterious man, and Finn, the only witness, who cannot forgive himself for being unable to identify her kidnapper. As we follow them through their melancholy pasts, their terrifying presents, and their uncertain futures, acclaimed author Laura Ruby weaves a heartbreaking tale of love and loss, magic and mystery, regret and forgiveness.

On the new world that Sherlock Holmes lives, there are wonders and miracles that go beyond science into the realm of magic and mysticism. And on this day, Holmes and his friends are about to experience a miracle unlike any other and a series of mysteries that will boggle the mind.

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...

She saved a city, now she's on trial. Balancing demonic politics, dating her sexy vampire coworker, and training for the hunter's challenge, Red thought she had figured out life as an intern monster slayer in Los Angeles. Until she receives a tribunal summons from the Blood Alliance. The crime was breaking the supernatural code of secrecy- the Dark Veil. The punishment was death. Red learns that no good deed goes unpunished in the underworld... if she can survive the lesson. Witch Gone Viral is the third book of the Red Witch Chronicles, a gritty urban fantasy series containing magic, ...

Book 2 of the series They thought they’d saved the library but they were wrong. With their monster problem out of the way, a terrible new problem has boiled to the surface and now Pallas O’Fiddian, Athena’s Detective in training, must stop the most powerful man in the city from stealing Peplos Public Library out from under eleven-year-old head librarian Libby Biblos. Can she do it? Find out!

After accidentally killing the Grand High Witch of Edinburgh, enchantress investigator Elle Chambers is a marked woman. The coven wants vengeance. The magical world is watching. And Elle is once again caught in the crosshairs of supernatural politics. On the run with werewolf legal advisor Ferguson Black, Elle finds herself drawn to London on a dangerous new case involving a threat to the royals. But London holds its own perils, and Elle must navigate a city steeped in witch-hunting history while staying one step ahead of those who want her dead. Complicating matters, her partnership with ...

Bad things happen to the people that Pablo loves. Bad, bloody things. Indeed, his hapless path through life is littered with the human wreckage of lives badly wasted; of men, women and children inexplicably maimed and murdered. Though his presence is ever the common denominator among the many deaths that surround him, evidence never ties him physically to any of the crime scenes. One frustrated Texas detective believes Pablo is culpable after one fashion or another, but he can never prove his suspicions beyond reasonable doubt. When Pablo's threat becomes personal, however, he is hard ...

Stevie Cartwright-Winterbottom here! Witch and afterlife specialist, along with my reincarnated ghost-talking husband and ex-British spy, Crispin Alistair Winterbottom. After solving one of our hardest cases yet (on our wedding day, no less), we're back from our gloriously perfect, ghost-free Italian honeymoon, rested and ready to begin our lives together! There's just one problem . . . The long line of people outside our door (literally) who've come from parts near and far in Washington, hoping we'll help them solve all their mystery needs.

An adventure that spans the centuries... Rapists, child molesters, and murderers are being slaughtered the world over in a most brutal fashion. INTERPOL agent Catherine Aubert is tasked with catching the vigilante responsible, but to do so, she must learn the answer to two all-important questions: First, how does she stop an ageless warrior who can't be killed? And second, does she really want to? Mike cannot die. It is his destiny to roam through the ages, stopping those who live to hurt others. Tormented by the suffering he has seen and the death he has wrought with his own hands, in 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 ...

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 ...

18-year-old Rowan James has spent her whole life harboring unpleasant truths—that’s what happens when you can smell lies on the teller’s breath—and building walls around herself to block them out. Like her younger sister, Linden, who can taste the feelings of others, Rowan has long struggled with her gift, which has taught her that everyone distorts the truth, and no one is who they seem to be. So when her old rival Hadrian Fitch shows up on her front porch—bloodied and bruised and asking for the kind of help only she can provide—her first instinct is distrust.

Who ya gonna call? Wicked! FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Baby, it’s cold outside, and no one needs an escape more than Mandy, whose well-meaning family members simply must know when the newlyweds will be starting a family. Midnight feedings and teething rings will have to wait, though, while the Rowlings solve their latest case. A chance rescue of a kidnapped child and the mutterings of a hypnotized game show contestant draw the stars of USCAB into the 5-year-old mystery of three missing girls. All they need is a hot lead in this cold case, but as the suspects pile up, so do Mandy’s ...

Kinsley never thought she would go home. She left Coventry and didn't look back. But after a divorce, she packed up her stuff and drove toward the only place that she knew would accept her. Life hadn't been easy for Kinsley since she left town. She'd spent her entire adult life rebelling against what she was, and that meant hiding her true self from the world. Kinsley left Coventry on a mission to be ordinary. But you know what they say about the best-laid plans.