Author: mvstott

Wizards are being murdered. Picked off and torn to shreds. It’s up to a hexed detective to crack the case.Detective Rita Hobbes has been cursed; erased from everyday reality and cast adrift in a world of magic and monsters. To the workaday world, Rita is a forgotten memory, which raises the question, what will she do with the rest of her life now?It’s only when the savaged body of a dead wizard … her life now?It’s only when the savaged body of a dead wizard is wheeled into the local morgue that Rita gets the answer to her question. She’s…

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Detective Rita Hobbes’ life has been mysteriously erased, and her day isn’t about to get any better.All Rita wants is to abandon dreary Blackpool and start over somewhere new. But when she triggers a magical hex that renders her invisible and traps her in her hometown, escape seems impossible.Rita soon finds that Blackpool has some hidden secrets: magical artefacts fashioned in Heaven, a fallen … some hidden secrets: magical artefacts fashioned in Heaven, a fallen Angel buried beneath the sea in a glass prison, and living nightmares in fine suits and animal masks that can turn your mind to soup.Thrust…

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Joseph Lake doesn’t know who he is or where he comes from, but he’s beginning to learn that the answer might just be the death of him.Horror, humor, and fast-paced action collide in this thrilling urban fantasy series from the Uncanny Kingdom. My name is Joseph Lake and I’m a warlock. Yes, this came as something of a surprise to me, too. Up until a few days ago, the worst thing I’d had to deal … thing I’d had to deal with was mopping up vomit from the floor of the hospital I work at, but now it seems that…

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Joseph Lake doesn’t know who he is or where he came from… and the answer might just be the death of him.By day, Joseph scrubs toilets and fixes broken light fittings. By night he looks into weird stuff: local hauntings, unexplained disappearances, satanic cabals dancing naked around ancient stone circles.The usual.The Uncanny calls to him like a beacon, and he follows its signal wherever it … usual.The Uncanny calls to him like a beacon, and he follows its signal wherever it leads, hoping that one day it will shine a light on who he really is.So far the clues haven’t…

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A witch’s familiar is tasked with protecting London from the monsters that lurk in the shadows; the creatures that seek to unravel the fabric of things and send us all to hell.Mystery, horror, and fast-paced action collide in this thrilling urban fantasy series from the Uncanny Kingdom.Something is very wrong with Detective David Tyler. Something is changing him. Something immensely powerful, … immensely powerful, taking him over and transforming him into a walking apocalypse capable of destroying the whole of London. And the worst part? It’s all my fault. I messed with the dark arts, and now we’re all about…

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“Wake no more, said the fearful small, for now I am here, to punish you all.” My name is Stella Familiar and I’m the last remaining member of the London Coven. I’m an enforcer, created to protect the city’s inhabitants from the Uncanny; to destroy the hidden monsters that seek to knock humans to the bottom of the food chain. I do what I do well, have done for decades, but now I’m facing a … now I’m facing a challenge I can’t put my fist through. One by one the children of London are falling asleep, and they’re not…

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Three dead witches. An unknown killer. One big mistake: they left me alive.My name is Stella and I’m the Familiar to the London Coven.Magic is real. It’s all around you, and it’s dangerous. Uncanny things lurk in the shadows, hell-bent on murder and destruction. It’s my job to make sure the people of my city are protected, and I’m usually pretty good at it, but now… now……now something has dropped into my life and torn my coven apart. It did the impossible and murdered three of the most powerful creatures in London, leaving me alone and running scared.Something evil beyond…

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