Guardian of Monsters (Sleuths of Shadow Salon Book 1) by Catherine Stine
Guardian of Monsters
(Sleuths of Shadow Salon, urban fantasy PI series, Book 1)
Celestine, witch and wolf shifter has a talent for prophetic drawings. She’s shocked when she draws her landlord Ray with his eyes gouged out and a strange winged-mermaid leaning over him. Later she finds an eyeless Ray dead on the sidewalk. All she wanted to do was open a gallery, but first she must apprehend his killer. In a note she found after he died, Ray revealed he wasn’t just a leather-smith but a supernatural pirate mage. Years back, his Jekyll crew trapped the evil Demon Three Eyes clan. Ray had feared they’d escaped, were stalking him, and would soon wreak havoc on Savannah.
Oryn, a fellow student in Celestine’s continuing ed art class, is a fae and a thorn in her side, when he asks nosy questions about the case. Yet, she’s drawn to him when he’s her masseur at the spa she frequents, and he’s clever at brainstorming leads regarding Ray’s case. He insists his air magic could come in handy.
When pirates in Ray’s old crew are murdered, their body parts stolen, Celestine puts more horrifying clues together. She’ll need everyone on board, including Oryn and Luna, a mermaid asking to show her sea-glass sculptures at Celestine’s new gallery—the very same mermaid in Celestine’s tragic drawing of Ray. Otherwise, the lethal monstrosity Demon Three Eyes is unleashing on Savannah will destroy the city and everyone in it. Perfect for fans of Kim Harrison, Charlaine Harris and paranormal police procedurals.
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Catherine Stine a USA Today bestselling author of historical, urban, and paranormal fantasy, all with suspense and slow-burn romance. Witch of the Wild Beasts won second prize in the Valley Forge PA Romance Writers Sheila Contest. Other novels have earned Indie Notable awards and New York Public Library Best Books. Her newest urban fantasy series, Sleuths of Shadow Salon is set in Savannah, Georgia, and stars two fierce supernatural women investigators. Her stories appear in fantasy collections, including her Murder in the Voodoo Vault in a forthcoming Penguin anthology. Catherine hails from Philadelphia, lives in New York State, and attends many book fests. Check the events page on her website to see if she’ll be at one near you.