Urban Fantasy Supernatural Detective Series by Catherine Stine
Blurb
Supernaturally on the case!
Celestine, artist intuitive and witch, opens Shadow Salon, a cover for her investigation business with Luna, a winged mermaid and water mage. They use clues in Celestine’s art to solve the bizarre murder of housemate Ray, whose stalker is now hunting Celestine and will destroy Savannah if he’s not stopped. Slow burn romance. Read books in any order since each is a new case. Won a Shelf Unbound 2024 top Indie 100.
Perfect for fans of Kim Harrison and paranormal crime procedurals.
📑SLEUTHS OF SHADOW SALON - TOP SHELVES
✅Urban Fantasy
✅Supernatural Detective Thrillers
✅Paranormal Police Procedurals
✅A Dash of Noir
✅Paranormal Witches & Wizards
✅Supernatural Suspense
✅Paranormal Fantasy
✅Magic Romance
🐉📌🔍The Sleuths of Shadow Salon is a new urban fantasy detective series; it's “So much fun to read.” “Perfect for lovers of urban fantasy, witches, supernatural beings, premonitions, and murder mystery.”🪄🗝️
GUARDIAN OF MONSTERS
Sleuths of Shadow Salon
Urban Fantasy PI
Book 1
Supernaturally on the case! Celestine LeBlanc and Luna Finley are the Sleuths of Shadow Salon.
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 posthumous note, Ray wrote 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 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, includingLuna, a mermaid asking to show her sea-glass sculptures at Celestine’s new gallery—and 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.
Fans of Kim Harrison and Charlaine Harris may like this new supernatural detective series.
ALL MAJOR RETAILERS: ☑️
Praise For The Series
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hard to put down and full of magic, mystery and romance! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
If you like magic, witches and paranormal stories you'll love the story of Celestine LeBlanc, a witch & wolf shifter, who takes on the evil Demon Three Eyes Clan with the help of her supernatural friends, Oryn and Luna. Celestine is an artist whose prophetic drawings lead her headlong into the mystery of the deaths of a dear friend plus others who had fought the same evil clan as pirate mages. The Demon Three Eyes Clan must be stopped before they destroy Savannah and everyone in it. The story is packed with adventure, excitement, romance and magic. It's a real page turner and a lot of fun to read.
- Amazon reviewer
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Masterpiece of unique world building. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Stine is a master of unique world-building and characters. Other favorites were Dr. Wise, the halfling wizard geneticist, who’s a mini-Milky Way addict, and platinum-haired Baneberry, the half-blind master of ceremonies and author of lyrical grimoire incantations. The send-up of the non-GMO, all-natural makers of elixirs in the rival coven, Argentum Verde is done with hilarious irony. Bet you won’t guess the ending… unless you sneak a peek. Resist! This way, you’ll get a real bang at the end.
- Amazon reviewer
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Fascinating, Fast-Paced, and Fun PNR ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Overall, Theater of Curses proved to be a delightful genre mashup of fantasy, paranormal romance, and mystery/thriller! At about 275 pages, it’s also super bingeworthy and extremely fast-paced!
What to Expect:
—Urban Fantasy
—Supernatural Detectives
—Paranormal Police Procedurals
—Slowburn Romance
—Performing Arts/College Setting
- Amazon reviewer
THEATER OF CURSES
Sleuths of Shadow Salon
Urban Fantasy PI
Book 2
Supernaturally on the case!
Celestine LeBlanc and Luna Finley are the Sleuths of Shadow Salon.
Shadow Salon detectives Luna and Celestine take on their second case, when Tim Calhoun insists his Conservatory of Theater Arts has been cursed, and the police have come up dry. He claims a red specter is terrorizing him, upturning his library of historic plays, setting fires in the theater, even brutalizing him. Tim is desperate to solve this terrifying mystery before Hollywood directors and agents flock to Savannah to watch his students perform and hopefully sign them.
The 1811 anonymous play is The Romance of the Recording Angels. Hazardous incidents follow rehearsals. Luna interviews students, inspects dorms and the library, where she unearths a copy of the play with strange red notations. She hires Arthur Dodge, a necro-visionary to find out who drew them. The shocking entity he resurrects reveals that three aerial realms must be unlocked to end an actual curse. But as time runs out, where the realms are, what must be done in them and just why the curse was inflicted remains a mystery.
To uncover clues, Luna uses her water magic and flight skills, while resisting her growing attraction to client, Tim. Celestine shares tips from her automatic drawings. As time runs out, Luna must try anything: Dodge’s visionary tea, Hoodoo Root Worker, Selka Dupree’s spell jars, and farmer Crow Dao’s lessons in realm jumping. If Luna fails to reach the realms, the conservatory will be shuttered, the curse will spread… and worse.
Perfect for fans of paranormal police procedurals, and of Kim Harrison and Charlaine Harris.
ALL MAJOR RETAILER: ☑️
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CULT OF THE COVENS
Sleuths of Shadow Salon
Urban Fantasy PI
Book 3
Can the team untangle a feud between covens, both drug lords of mysterious elixirs, before a supernatural war explodes?
Celestine is the lead investigator when the team takes on a third case. The elegant and secretive Tavia Floras, known by her coven as the Queen of Savage Flowers creates and manufactures unusual elixirs in her underground caves that promise to heal, even extend life. She claims a rival coven, Argentum Verde, is stealing her formulas, damaging her crops, poisoning the gators and cave dragons whose tendrils and oils are used in the elixirs, and possibly even “disappearing” coven members.
The more Celestine and Luna delve into the queen’s backstory, the more questions they have. Rival coven, Argentum Verde’s non-GMO, purity claims on their compounds seem suss as well. The Shadow Salon team enlists the expertise of a halfling geneticist, Dr. Wise, who also knows his way around the supe dark web, Thorned Fortress. Celestine travels to New Orleans to track down Tavia’s estranged brother Renzo and find out just what happened to turn him against his sister, Tavia.
As Celestine and Luna drill deeper, the case grows incredibly dangerous. A confidential informant turns up dead, dark spells rocket back and forth. Celestine astral-projects to the heavily-guarded Argentum-Verde warehouse, an act that could paralyze her. Shocking twists and revelations explode, rapid-fire. If Celestine and Luna can’t act fast enough, the Queen of Savage Flowers, her coven and business, even Luna and Celestine’s Shadow Salon will perish.
Cult of the Covens is perfect for fans of Kim Harrison, Kim Richardson, Charlaine Harris and paranormal crime procedurals. Expect slow-burn romance, pulse-pounding mystery, dark magic, and complex, unique characters. This series can be read in any order because each book features a new case.
ALL MAJOR RETAILERS: ☑️
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