Seduction

A supernatural homicide, a succubus witness, a succubus suspect and a brand-new partner with something to hide land on one detective's desk. Book one of an urban fantasy police procedural with courtroom drama and gallows humor. Enter a hidden New York where magic runs beneath the surface and supernatural detectives keep the chaos in check. Investigating a supernatural homicide is hard enough without a succubus as your new partnerLeery Oriscoe is a longtime detective with New York’s Supernatural Inquisitors Squad. Years ago, he got hit by the Hassidic bus. The bus was driven by a werewolf. It’s complicated. His new partner, Detective Dru Nogan, is half-vampire, half-succubus, smart, sexy as Hell, and keeping a secret nobody on the squad is going to like. Their lieutenant is the ghost of a Van Helsing. Their latest case starts with the drained body of a young man in Riverside Park. With one succubus as a witness, another as the prime suspect, and Dru caught somewhere in the middle, what should have been a routine supernatural homicide is quickly turning into a complete nightmare. In New York, murder investigations are hard enough. Will Leery end up the victim of the next Seduction?Seduction is Book One in the Claw & Warder series, perfect for readers who love supernatural police procedurals, paranormal courtroom drama, sharp gallows humour, and urban fantasy in the vein of Jim Butcher and Ben Aaronovitch. Praise for the Claw & Warder series:? ? ? ? ? Urban fantasy meets Law and Order? ? ? ? ? A magical Law & Order? ? ? ? ? Dru and Leery are an unlikely pair but they make it work? ? ? ? ? A Hassidic werewolf detective and his vampire-succubus partner? ? ? ? ? The characters are all very different, and very likeable? ? ? ? ? I could see the show playing in my head while reading

• Publication date: 13 August 2026
• Page count: 188
• Dimensions: Height 199 mm; Width 128 mm; Thickness 15 mm
• Publisher: Vinci Books
• Format: Paperback
• ISBN-13: 9781036706166