A SAVAGE MURDER
A husband armed with a sword hacks apart his wife in a Denver grocery store. There are dozens of witnesses, and the crime is captured on the security cameras. To the police, it’s an open-and-shut case.
To Naomi, the daughter of the couple, it’s evidence of dark magic. She hires her ex-lover, a private investigator named Jonathan Shade to prove her father is innocent.
Shade specializes in paranormal cases, but he isn’t buying it. Still, he takes the case, hoping to rekindle their relationship. Instead, Shade finds himself mixed up in supernatural intrigue with wizards, magically engineered assassins, and an ancient sorcerer returned to life who’s willing to kill anyone who stands in his way.
Too bad Shade doesn't have any magic.
Gary Jonas is the author of the Jonathan Shade fantasy series, which began with Modern Sorcery, and continued in the following books: Acheron Highway, Dragon Gate, Anubis Nights, and more to come. His first novel was One-Way Ticket to Midnight, and the best of his short fiction was collected in Quick Shots. He created the Night Marshal western vampire series, and wrote the first novella, Night Marshal: A Tale of the Undead West, before turning it over to other authors.