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Animal by K'wan
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsK’wan, one of this generation’s most talented and gritty writers, delivers his bloodiest story yet. Animal follows the infamous fugitive from K’wan’s best-known Hood Rat Series on a revenge mission from the rugged streets of Puerto Rico to the scene of the original crime, Harlem, NY."One bullet changed everything... -
![Symphony of Bones by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought]()
Symphony of Bones by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen a politician's son goes missingThe media fueled investigation accelerates when he turns up deadA ghost's unspoken messageMight be the only thing connecting the dotsAnd it’s up to Cassie to crack the codeTo shine truth's light, Cassie must walk in darkness.The third installment in the bestselling Cassie Quinn Mystery Series from USA Today bestselling author L.T. Ryan & K.M. Rought... -
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Captive Souls by Wendy Wang
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTaken in the night.Kidnapped for her light.Keeley Moore is just trying to survive.After thirteen-year-old Keeley Moore disappears during a camping trip with her parents, psychic Charlie Payne is invited to work the case by the local deputy. But the connection Charlie makes with the girl is a gossamer thread... -
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![The Hex Files: Wicked Twist of Fate by Gina LaManna]()
The Hex Files: Wicked Twist of Fate by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Wicked, the paranormal sixth borough of New York.The end is near. Detective Danielle DeMarco is challenged with her most intense case yet, and along with it, she inherits a host of personal problems. When a sorcerer is found dead in The Emporium, a spell shop brimming with magical potions, elixirs, and tinctures, Dani and her new tagalong, Primrose, are on the case... -
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Magic & Maladies by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome to Starry Hollow, where spells were made to be broken. A wedding may be a new beginning for Bentley and Meadow, but it's an ending for one of their obnoxious guests. When Sheriff Nash starts showing more wolf than warmth during the investigation, paranormals sit up and take notice, especially ones in positions of power... -
![Witch Is How The Biscuits Disappeared by Adele Abbott]()
Witch Is How The Biscuits Disappeared by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYou can lead a horse to water...Truth can be stranger than fiction. Never has that been more true for Jill Maxwell. Meanwhile, a close relative makes a shocking discovery. ...away from your custard creams... -
![Witch is How Bells Were Saved by Adele Abbott]()
Witch is How Bells Were Saved by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe best things in life are free… Secrets kept for years are revealed, but what will Jill do now she knows the truth? And where have all the penguins gone? …so why aren't custard... -
![Bedtime Fury by Annabel Chase]()
Bedtime Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight There's been a discovery of demons.Again.The appearance of a strange plant on the Taskers' farm sends Neville and I straight to the Federal Bureau of Magic database, where we discover that deadly demons are snatching bodies all over town... -
![Wicked Ever After by Gina LaManna]()
Wicked Ever After by Gina LaManna
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this dramatic conclusion to The Hex Files series, Dani DeMarco comes face to face with the person she’s been hunting for months. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and Detective DeMarco has lost almost everything. But only one can win at this deadly game.Dani is determined this will be the wicked end—one way or another... -
![Neverwhere: BBC Dramatisation by Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs]()
Neverwhere: BBC Dramatisation by Neil Gaiman, Dirk Maggs
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsBeneath the streets of London there is another London. A subterranean labyrinth of sewers and abandoned tube stations. A somewhere that is Neverwhere.An act of kindness sees Richard Mayhew catapulted from his ordinary life into a subterranean world under the streets of London... -
![Wicked Moon Rising by Gina LaManna, Allyson Ryan]()
Wicked Moon Rising by Gina LaManna, Allyson Ryan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Detective Dani DeMarco is attacked in the middle of the night, she’s more than a little disgruntled. However, she soon discovers that things aren’t as simple as they seem, and that everyone she loves is in great danger.The battle for The Hex Files has officially begun, and Wicked is under attack. Two werewolves are dead. A rogue vampire is on the loose... -
![Witch is How To Lose Big by Adele Abbott]()
Witch is How To Lose Big by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo custard creams… A man has gone missing from a hotel, and Jill is on the case. Meanwhile, what has happened to the ghost's jewellery, and what is in the trinket box? …are not as good as five... -
![Murder at Haven's Rock by Kelley Armstrong]()
Murder at Haven's Rock by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s Rockton Novels had one of the most unique towns in crime fiction. Murder at Haven's Rock is a spinoff, a fresh start... with a few new dangers that threaten everything before it even begins.Haven’s Rock, Yukon. Population: 0Deep in the Yukon wilderness, a town is being built. A place for people to disappear, a fresh start from a life on the run... -
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![Gobbelino London & a Melee of Mages by Kim M. Watt]()
Gobbelino London & a Melee of Mages by Kim M. Watt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“We’ll do it,” Callum said. “Of course we will,” I said. “Why would we not stalk the scary magician who might be trying to raise his son from the dead? For free?” Like it or not, when a sorcerer asks you to track a magician, you track a magician. It’s that or spend life as a hamster. So we did.But, turns out, the scary magician is the least of our worries... -
![Ropes and Last Hopes: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Prequel by Trixie Silvertale]()
Ropes and Last Hopes: Paranormal Cozy Mystery Prequel by Trixie Silvertale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a suspicious death takes the life of a friend, our psychic sleuth must expose a killer’s dirty laundry… Mitzy Moon hopes for a normal day running errands. And this time, she’s determined to get her grandmother’s couture properly cleaned. But her day gets stuck in a spin cycle when she encounters crime-scene tape at the dry cleaner’s and a puzzling murder... -
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Three Alarm Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWelcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sightI've finally taken a big step in my personal life when my professional life heats up with a spate of behavioral issues that seem unrelated. When some of the issues become life-threatening, I know that time is running out, but I'm no closer to identifying the root cause... -
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Double Play by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLife is good for lodge owner and sometime hitwoman Nadia Stafford — a couple of dogs, a job she takes satisfaction in and the man she loves at her side as they literally build a home together. It’s as close to normal as a pair of contract killers can get. Jack knows that sometimes being very, very good at what you do can be very, very bad — for those around him... -
![Witch is When I Said Goodbye by Adele Abbott]()
Witch is When I Said Goodbye by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe early bird…It’s never easy to say goodbye as P.I. and witch superstar, Jill Gooder, is about to find out. Meanwhile, a case from the past comes back to haunt her – literally!gets the custard creams... -
![Witch Is When The Hammer Fell by Adele Abbott]()
Witch Is When The Hammer Fell by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDon’t bite the hand… The colonel is dead, and Jill’s brother-in-law, Peter, is the prime suspect. But that’s the least of Jill’s problems when Winky reveals devastating news. …that feeds you custard creams... -
![Grave Beginnings by R.R. Virdi]()
Grave Beginnings by R.R. Virdi
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 21 ratings“Quick, clean action, solid character work and pacing. This series is worth your time.” — Jim Butcher, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Dresden FilesAnother day, another hijacked body. And just 13 hours to solve a murder…Detective Vincent Graves has made a habit of dying... -
![Witch is When The Penny Dropped by Adele Abbott]()
Witch is When The Penny Dropped by Adele Abbott
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBirds of a feather.. Two murders and more crazy than you can shake a stick at. Just another day in the life of P.I. (and witch superstar), Jill Gooder. ..can stay away from my custard creams... -
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![Grace Under Fury by Annabel Chase]()
Grace Under Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sightResidents are sneezing and coughing all over town and it seems like a brutal allergy season is upon us--until someone dies. When Dr... -
![Wuthering Homicides by Samantha Silver]()
Wuthering Homicides by Samantha Silver
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith The Others gone, Alice is looking forward to a little bit of peace in Sapphire Village. But when visitors start showing up dead, she knows it's not to be. The town's reputation is on the line, and Alice will do anything to help this new place she calls home... -
![Under a Blue Moon by Steve Higgs]()
Under a Blue Moon by Steve Higgs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is a prequel to the Blue Moon series. It tells about Tempest Michaels' first day as a paranormal detective... -
![Betting Off Dead by Tonya Kappes]()
Betting Off Dead by Tonya Kappes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnd their off! Gambling on horse racing is Kentucky's number one sport but when Kentucky Derby Thoroughbred picked to win the Derby, Rails and Nails, ends up poisoned, SKUL special agent Mick Jasper and rookie witch Maggie Park, who keeps her witch powers a secret, are called in to investigate a world of illegal gambling where a run for the roses can prove to be deadly... -
![Gobbelino London & A Complication of Unicorns by Kim M. Watt]()
Gobbelino London & A Complication of Unicorns by Kim M. Watt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Unicorns never were that bright,” I said. “That’s why they’re the only kind to stab their own entire species into extinction.”“Not quite the entire species,” Callum said.When a man from Callum’s past turns up at our door claiming to have lost both the last herd of unicorns in England and his sister, I knew it should be a hard pass. The past has teeth... -
![Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Cat Mischief: A Lily Singer Adventures Novella by Lydia Sherrer]()
Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Cat Mischief: A Lily Singer Adventures Novella by Lydia Sherrer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf you did not want mayhem, you should not have hired a talking cat. Blessed (or cursed, depending on who you ask) with human intelligence, Sir Edgar Allan Kipling, magical talking cat extraordinaire, spends most of his time keeping his human wizard out of trouble—whether she wants him to or not. If she knew what he usually got up to, she would protest most vociferously... -
![The Mystery of the Pink Aura by Vella Day]()
The Mystery of the Pink Aura by Vella Day
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA psychic vision. Missing contestants. A witch and her pink iguana sidekick.Witch's Cove, the idyllic Florida beach town, is finally getting their long-awaited deputy. The problem is that no one can dig up anything on him--good or bad--and that sets off alarms for the gossip queens.Hi, I'm Glinda Goodall, the amateur sleuth who works at the Tiki Hut Grill... -
![Doggerland by Heide Goody, Iain Grant]()
Doggerland by Heide Goody, Iain Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere's something very wrong at the Otterside care home.When Sam Applewhite tries to help a friend who's lost a beloved pet she finds that it's just the first in a series of seemingly unconnected deaths... -
![A Time for Witches by Craig Schaefer]()
A Time for Witches by Craig Schaefer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Ghosts of Gotham, Craig Schaefer unveiled a modern world haunted by Greek mythology and magic. That was only the beginning.Once upon a time, Lionel Page didn’t believe in magic.That was before his odyssey to New York City, and the quest for a lost manuscript that ended in mysteries, murder, and the buried secrets of his own past. He used to be a professional skeptic... -
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![Lounge Singers And Liars In Las Vegas by A.R. Winters]()
Lounge Singers And Liars In Las Vegas by A.R. Winters
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Cupcakes-And-Crime Caper A rock star turned lounge singer… turned killer? Superstar Roger Briars was living the high life—until his fiancé disappeared and he was accused of her murder. Now, decades later, Roger’s a semi-successful Vegas lounge singer... -
![White Man's Justice, Black Man's Grief by Donald Goines]()
White Man's Justice, Black Man's Grief by Donald Goines
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe godfather of urban lit, Donald Goines knows life on the streets is a one-way ticket to life behind bars, where suffering is the one and only daily bread.Barely out of his twenties, Chester Hines knows the score. He's just another bug crawling through the streets of Detroit, waiting to be squashed under the heel of a system meant to keep a brother down... -
![Familiar Spirits by Sara Christene]()
Familiar Spirits by Sara Christene
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn inept witch, a cozy town, and an old dark magic.Welcome to Twilight Hollow, WA, a small forest town with three resident witches. Adelaide O’Shea runs the Toasty Bean, imbuing her coffee and tea with warm, cozy magic... -
![A Score to Kettle by Eryn Scott]()
A Score to Kettle by Eryn Scott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA ghost mystery for readers who don't usually enjoy the paranormal."The residents of Pebble Cove were wary of the new commune at The Pines even before someone ended up dead.Rosemary is excited to cater her first even at the newly opened commune's full moon festival. When a young woman is found murdered in her yurt, it's clear these rich wannabe hippies aren't as peaceful as they pretend... -
![The Ghost of Valentine Past by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre]()
The Ghost of Valentine Past by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA romantic weekend at Marlow House Bed and Breakfast turns deadly when Earthbound Spirits founder, Peter Morris, is murdered. Plenty of people had a reason to want the man dead-especially Danielle's current guests. But it isn't Morris's ghost distracting Danielle on this deadly Valentine's Day weekend, it's her late husband Lucas... -
![Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong]()
Rough Justice by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMallt-y-Nos. Matilda of the Hunt. The lone woman who rides with the Wild Hunt, tasked with finding killers who’ve escaped justice and letting the hounds reap their souls. For Olivia Taylor-Jones, Matilda isn’t just a legendary figure from Welsh lore. She is Olivia’s past, and her future, one she’s finally embraced. Having accepted her role as Matilda, Olivia must now lead her first Hunt... -
![A Poisonous Review by Nancy Warren]()
A Poisonous Review by Nancy Warren
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsToo many cooks spoil the stew!The Irish stew at O’Brien’s pub in Ballydehag is a Friday night favorite—until several people get sick and terrible reviews bubble to the surface on social media. Publican and chef Sean O’Grady is horrified, but when one of his customers dies after eating the stew, he realizes he has more than poisonous reviews to worry about... -
![Great Balls of Fury by Annabel Chase]()
Great Balls of Fury by Annabel Chase
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome to Chipping Cheddar, where supernaturals are hidden in plain sight...Annoying but loving family? Check.Picturesque small town with a hot police chief? Check.A rescue hellhound, a black cat with attitude, and a pet python that thinks he's a puppy? Triple check.My story has all the hallmarks of a sweet and cozy supernatural tale, but there's a twist-I am evil... -
![The Awakening by Amanda Stevens]()
The Awakening by Amanda Stevens
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsShush…lest she awaken… My name is Amelia Gray, a cemetery restorer who lives with the dead. An anonymous donor has hired me to restore Woodbine Cemetery, a place where the rich and powerful bury their secrets. Forty years ago, a child disappeared without a trace and now her ghost has awakened, demanding that I find out the truth about her death. Only I know that she was murdered... -
![For Whom The Spell Tolls by H.P. Mallory]()
For Whom The Spell Tolls by H.P. Mallory
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA war between The Resistance and the Netherworld,A vampire who isn't all that he appears,And the ultimate price that must be paid.Dulcie O'Neil thought her luck couldn't get much worse but it's about to get a whole lot worse.Forced into declaring war against the Netherworld and her father, Dulcie will find herself fighting for everything she believes in... -
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![Waifs and Strays by Helen Harper]()
Waifs and Strays by Helen Harper
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNobody is just a cat lady.Kit McCafferty's life is quiet, unremarkable and filled with cat hair. In the magical city of Coldstream, located on the border between Scotland and England, Kit is viewed as little more than mildly eccentric and mostly harmless... -
![Pride and Premeditation by Samantha Silver]()
Pride and Premeditation by Samantha Silver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPride comes before the fall... When one of Alice's best customers at the bookshop is murdered, she swears she's going to get to the bottom of it... -
![The Temptation of Dragons by Chrys Cymri]()
The Temptation of Dragons by Chrys Cymri
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBishop Nigel smiled at me. ‘Holy water doesn’t harm vampires. Which is just as well, as it would make it impossible to baptise them.’ When I was asked by a dragon to give him the last rites, I never dreamed it would lead to negotiating with his cannibalistic family or running from snail sharks. Life as the priest of a small English village is quite tame in comparision... -
![Lipstick on a Pig by Samantha Silver]()
Lipstick on a Pig by Samantha Silver
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWillow Bay's Summer Festival was supposed to mean fun... not murder! The annual summer festival has come to Willow Bay, and for Angela, that means being in charge of the petting zoo... -
![Arcane Magic by Camilla Chafer]()
Arcane Magic by Camilla Chafer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll is well in Stella’s world... For the first time in a very long time she feels safe and secure in the knowledge that she’s put the Brotherhood behind her. However, she’s desperately searching for an answer that will set her ex-boyfriend free from a dangerous pact he agreed to in order to protect her, and ensure the survival of the witches... -
![An Unremembered Grave by Abigail Padgett]()
An Unremembered Grave by Abigail Padgett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDanni Telfer, abandoned as a toddler, has no idea what the fading tattoo of a white rose on her left shoulder means. Nor does she want to remember the peculiar perceptions that disturbed her childhood. A talented historian, Danni’s focus is on the Louisiana research project she hopes will land her a job that doesn’t involve teaching bored college freshmen...
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