Fantasy Detective

When Detective Inspector Greelie is called in to investigate what should have been an open and shut case, involving the rape of Kathryn O'Neal and the near-fatal stabbing of her sister by a local man from the village where the sisters are on holiday, he is presented with a problem that swiftly spirals out of control. With an old-fashioned Scottish preacher quoting the Book of Revelations, evidence of Satanic Circles and a murderous villain called McKenzie out to harm Kathryn, Greelie soon finds that normal police procedures are of very limited use when confronted with the age-old battle of ...

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.

Save the woman he loves, or save humanity. Which will he choose? With the opening of the Vampire Training Academy, Roric is confident that the Agency is getting a handle on the rogue epidemic, and he can focus on other things, like getting Caroline to agree to mate with him. But when the rogues conspire to take down the school, Roric realizes the battle has just begun. The rebellion wants to bring an end to the Academy, the Agency, and, ultimately, the treaty between vampires and humans. While Roric is reeling from the surprise attack, they make their demands, holding Caroline as ransom. ...

A seemingly innocent concern from Lestrade about his cousin leads Holmes back into a world left behind after the affair of The Five Orange Pips. Investigating the appearance of a body at the base of Tower Bridge unveils a hidden cult of Satanists performing ritual sacrifices, until Holmes and the British Secret Service intervenes. Called to Scotland Yard, Holmes is reunited with an old acquaintance and dragged into a plot to undermine the government and give its secrets to Russian spies.

Catching Her Bear was just the start of Kalan Murdoch and Elana Stanley’s story. Follow along as Vella Day revisits this couple from Book 2 of the Weres and Witches series. Detective Kalan Murdoch, a werebear deeply entrenched in the throes of Silver Lake's darkest crimes, finds his professional life clashing with the personal. Murders, muggings, and chaos demand his attention, but his heart belongs to his two precious children and his mesmerizing mate, Elana. Each failed attempt to balance the scales between his duty and his family only deepens his frustration and stress. Elana, ...

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 ...

HE’S AT IT AGAIN! Private detective Mark Tonnick’s seemingly routine case turns into a double murder. Could they possibly be connected to the recent attempts on his life? Or what about the stolen Hollywood feature film he’s looking for? While he’s busy unraveling all that, an ancient and unspeakable evil emerges from its magical prison—intent on revenge. As the imminent danger converges on Tonnick and his associates, he discovers Delinda Djinn isn’t the last of her kind after all. Still, their choice is a simple one. Put the other genie back in the bottle, or become its latest ...

Izzy believes she can read minds. In a near-future army-controlled state, that should be a handy superpower, but it is always getting Izzy into trouble. Tons of Trouble. Mick the Mountain, newly released from a twenty-year stint of hard labour returns to Ostere looking for the girl, Dolorez, and the money he left behind. Times have changed. The army is in control. Dolorez hasn’t waited and the man holding the key to his deposit box had to sell it to satisfy his drug habit. When the first obstacle in Mick’s path ends up dead, Izzy knows she must find Dolorez and warn her of Mick’s ...

A witch bottle in a dead man's hand. A Mystic's End councilman shot dead. Can Fortuna solve the case and free the spirit, or will the bottle disappear into evidence forever? Fortuna's finally feeling like things are starting to go her way. Her magical prowess continues to flourish under Miss Bessie's tutelage and the spirited coven of ghost witches. Martin's making progress finding homes for the retired greyhounds. Gabe is happy in his new relationship and his new job as a private eye. Pepper's finally being taken seriously as an investigative reporter—much to her boyfriend Ollie's ...

Down on your luck doesn't always mean down and out When an Oklahoma cattle rancher hires P.I. Buck McDivit to investigate a gory murder committed by something not quite human and a rural community populated by pagan women, he has to think fast or end up dead. Though no choir boy, Buck is unprepared for his role as the lone male participant in a spring equinox fertility ceremony. The only thing worse for the paranormal cowboy than having no woman is too many women - or maybe being eaten alive by a supernatural black panther.

The normal part of Lorelei MacAlister's life didn’t just slip away quietly the day Jared Kovach came to town. Nope. The normal part of her life shattered. It exploded. It burst into a gazillion shards of fleeting light. It went out with a bang. Goodbye normal. Hello dark and eerie. While her best friend, Brooklyn, is focusing all of her energy on helping Lorelei hone her abilities, Lorelei is dealing with the reality that Satan's second in command has taken up residence inside her body. Oh, and the fact that she has a crush on the Angel of Death.

Kevin and Ginny are best friends. They enjoy spending their summer vacations exploring Sharper's Woods, coming up with neat experiments, pretending to be Sherlock Holmes and Mister Watson, and sometimes just sitting in the clubhouse of The Holmes and Watson Mysterious Events and Objects Consortium. They are the only members of the club, but that doesn't stop them from having fun. Sometimes their exploring gets them into trouble, either for going somewhere they shouldn't have or by finding something that was better left unfound. In this case, it is a strange metal object, a talisman, which ...

December, 1941 The Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor, plunging America into war! A young Lakota Sioux named Wi Mahel Iyaya Ozuye, trained in the ways of combat and power, runs off to Chicago from his Dakota Badlands home to join up, only to discovered he is not wanted by any branch of the service. Now calling himself John Sundown, an approximation of his Sioux name, he is given the opportunity to serve in a different form: as a Chicago police officer. But Johnny has a secret. He is not just a warrior. He is also a power user. A magician. And during his first year on the dark, chilly streets of ...

Never set your foot in a hexed property—especially, when the land has a resident zombie ready to strike you! FREE on Kindle Unlimited! If Fio Valentine has learned one thing working for Quest Realty, it’s that dealing with haunted and hexed properties can be a real nightmare. When her friend Suze asks her to investigate an abandoned home in LA, she can’t refuse, so with Andy Russel from the Property Management Department and her spirit animal Champ, Fio takes on the case of a zombie-like ghost who may be what remains of the former owner’s estranged son. After an encounter with the ...

Beach wedding and a murder… Throw in an angry mermaid threatening to destroy the wedding! FREE on Kindle Unlimited! There’s trouble in Paradise, and the Rowling family is on the case. The island wedding of Mandy’s BFF Fiona and famous exorcist Brian Powers becomes the backdrop for a murder investigation when the body of a notorious loan shark is found in the dunes. But how did a man drown so far from the water? An angry mermaid threatens to wreak havoc if the killer isn’t caught, but with no spirits to question, does Mandy stand a ghost of a chance to solve the case? Find out in ...

Humanity’s soul is under threat. The Magic Intelligence Agency tightens their hold on the Mixed. Normals are murdered as a deadly struggle ensues between mages racing for control over magic’s highest power. As the United Wizarding Federation increases the MIA’s presence in the Mixed, Bonnie and Cy’s abilities to solve crime are put to the test. Amid a UWF run impact study on how best to harvest Normals’ souls, Bonnie and Cy find a murder victim with unique burn markings and a star pattern in his eyes. All signs point to an illegally attempted soul harvest. As Bonnie’s ...

It’s been five weeks since Io left Alante to follow the golden thread, and she’s no closer to finding the god on the other end. She spends her days in constant, grueling travel and her nights worrying over the fate-thread she shares with Edei—which seems to be fraying. Making matters worse, she and Bianca soon realize that their only lead has shaken them off, snapped the golden thread, and disappeared. But not before Io gathers some crucial clues.

Gears grind in this steampunk collection. From sky pirates, elite businessmen and inventors, these characters use steampunk technology to their advantage. From cities brimming with life to apocalyptic wastelands, survival oftentimes comes with a hefty price. This collection features stories by Harry Fritsch, Robert Allen Lupton, Katie Jordan, Lincoln Reed, Daniel Barlekamp, Davin Ireland, A.R. Turner, Barend Nieuwstraten III, R.C. Capasso, D.L. Smith-Lee, Douglas Allen Gohl, and Toni Mobley.

Meet Sage Poe—witch, amateur detective, and woman who's definitely rethinking her life choices. She thought the biggest challenge this Halloween would be keeping her sisters from hexing the town council. She thought wrong. When murder strikes the annual Halloween festival, turning the corn maze into a crime scene, Sage finds herself trapped in a real-life nightmare. Her childhood friend is dead, the town is whispering, and something wicked comes this way . . . again.

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 ...