Preternatural Affairs, Books 1-3: Witch Hunt, Silver Bullet, and Hotter Than Helltown
by SM Reine
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy/Paranormal & Urban/Suspense
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This urban fantasy boxed set contains the first three books of the Preternatural Affairs series: Witch Hunt, Silver Bullet, and Hotter Than Helltown.
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My name’s CĆØsar Hawke. Iām a witch working for a division of the government youāve never heard about.
The worldās not what everyone thinks it isāunless you think that our worldās a pawn in a game of chess between Heaven and Hell, and riddled with as much magic and wonder as it is with evil.
In that case, the world is exactly what you think.
My place of employmentāthe Office of Preternatural Affairsātakes a modern approach to an ages-old problem. It used to be that inquisitors would burn demons and the people in league with them. Now we get warrants, perform arrests, put the suspects on trial, and send guilty parties back to the Hell from whence they came with the travel forms filled out in triplicate.
This stuff I do with the OPA, it saves lives on most days.
Most days, I said.
ABOUT WITCH HUNT
There are scratches on CĆØsar Hawkeās arms, a discharged Glock on his coffee table, and a dead woman in his bathtub. Yeah, maybe he brought the waitress home for some funāhe was too drunk to remember itābut he knows for a fact that he didnāt kill her. Heās an agent with the Office of Preternatural Affairs. He doesnāt hurt people. He saves them.
The cops disagree. Now CĆØsar is running.
Isobel Stonecrow speaks with the dead. She brings closure to the bereaved and heals broken hearts. But when she talks to the wrong spirit, the OPA puts a bounty on her head.
Tracking down Isobel is the last case assigned to CĆØsar before he bolts. If he finds her, he can prove that he didnāt kill that waitress. He can clear his name, get his job back, and bring justice to all those wronged families.
Sheās just one witch. Heās bagged a dozen witches before.
How hard can one more be?
ABOUT SILVER BULLET
Former private investigator CĆØsar Hawke has one rule: He doesnāt deal with dead bodies. Thatās why he enlisted with the Magical Violations Department in the Office of Preternatural Affairs. Heās happy tracking down witches that commit petty crimes, but he leaves the homicides to other agents.
Except that heās been assigned to a new teamāa team that handles special investigationsāand the job has suddenly changed. Now CĆØsar has to deal with dead bodies. He also has to deal with necromancers, murderous cults, and demons that can stop a manās heart with fear.
This isnāt the job he signed up for, but itās the job he needs to do.
If he survives the first week.
ABOUT HOTTER THAN HELLTOWN
A killer is mutilating bodies in Los Angeles. Agent CĆØsar Hawke is on the case, but the murderer is ahead of himāway ahead of him.
Wiping the memories of the dead so that the teamās necrocognitive canāt talk to them? Done. Preventing magical reconstruction of the crime scenes? Oh yeah. And the murders keep getting more brutal while CĆØsar struggles to catch up.
The best way to heat up a cold case is to go to Helltown, where Los Angelesās most powerful evil hides out, but even those demons are afraid of the murderer. Their fear adds one more question to the growing pile of unknowns:
What kind of bad guy is too hot for Helltown?
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