Keeley & Associates Series by Layla Lawlor

Hard boiled? More like hard luck.It's not easy being a human private detective in a city with dragons, shapeshifters, and fae.James Keeley has a magic gun (that never does what he wants) and a 1920s flapper's ghost haunting the basement of his office, and the first decent case he's had in a long time is a dragon hiring him to solve a locked-room mystery. James never could resist a puzzle, but this one has a good shot at getting him killed...

You can't die twice.But you can get your living friends killed.Dolly Mott, the flapper's ghost who haunts the old speakeasy under private detective James Keeley's office, died in a gangland shootout in the 1920s.Or so James always thought.Now it looks like there's a lot more to Dolly's death than James ever realized, and not all of Dolly's past is dead and buried. Someone's determined to shake James off the scent, or put him six feet under... moreYou can't die twice.But you can get your living friends killed.Dolly Mott, the flapper's ghost who haunts the old speakeasy under private detective James Keeley's office, died in a gangland shootout in the 1920s.Or so James always thought.Now it looks like there's a lot more to Dolly's death than James ever realized, and not all of Dolly's past is dead and buried. Someone's determined to shake James off the scent, or put him six feet under.If he's not careful, he just might end up a ghost himself... less

Never make a deal with the Fae.But sometimes you don't have a choice, as private detective James Keeley finds out when a faerie noblewoman hires him to retrieve her stolen property.It's an offer he literally can't refuse, but he's already partnered with a dragon and has a 1920s flapper's ghost living in his basement office. This should be a piece of cake, right?There's just one tiny problem. The stolen property isn't a what. It's a who... moreNever make a deal with the Fae.But sometimes you don't have a choice, as private detective James Keeley finds out when a faerie noblewoman hires him to retrieve her stolen property.It's an offer he literally can't refuse, but he's already partnered with a dragon and has a 1920s flapper's ghost living in his basement office. This should be a piece of cake, right?There's just one tiny problem. The stolen property isn't a what. It's a who.And James has always been a sucker for a damsel in distress, even when it might get him killed... less

Don't ask questions if you don't want the answers. All the answers.Private detective James Keeley never knew where his magic gun came from. His mentor gave it to him. Something unpredictable happens every time he pulls the trigger. But he's never seen anything similar, until someone attacks him with another weapon just like it... moreDon't ask questions if you don't want the answers. All the answers.Private detective James Keeley never knew where his magic gun came from. His mentor gave it to him. Something unpredictable happens every time he pulls the trigger. But he's never seen anything similar, until someone attacks him with another weapon just like it.Now he's on a magic road trip to unravel the gun's origins, a journey into his own past and even stranger places, to solve a mystery that was supposed to be dead and buried a long time ago. less