Book Review: Patti Larsen’s “Dead Heat”

An on-the-spot sting nets participants in an illegal paranormal fight ring, but it’s a sting that ends in murder.
An on-the-spot sting nets participants in an illegal paranormal fight ring, but it’s a sting that ends in murder.
Find out how Georgia and Benjamin became a family in this tale of a fishy crime, a magical death, and a puppy with a nose for murder!
While tracking down dangerous magical items, Alex Verus is threatened with losing his seat on the Light Council if he doesn’t strike a deal with Morden and lure Richard Drakh out, all while protecting the adept community.
When Auntie Catherine warns the family of an approaching asteroid, the Gales scramble to keep humans from going the way of the dinosaurs. Fortunately for the world, they’re wielding a guitar and a dragon.
They say breaking up is hard to do. They’re wrong. Living with the consequences is so much harder, especially when sorrow is a powerful draw to evil in Lizzie’s grief-filled life.
Having finally gotten Boaz, her dream boyfriend, Grier is unhappy that he’s not by her side. Nor is he communicative. Bigger problems crop up when Woolworth House is attacked and yet more threats crop up.
A sneak peek at Adelaide Whitaker’s and Boaz Pritchard’s “courtship” — and the secrets Addie hides.
Grier Woolworth’s job as a costumed tour guide keeps the lights on in her haunted mansion and ramen in the pantry. It’s as good as it gets until the Society “exonerates” her when the trouble really begins.
Her brother cursed, Mercy Thompson Hauptman, and her mate, Adam, head up to Montana in the teeth of a storm of legendary power only to discover ancient magics that could end the world.
A long-ago contract means the dead don’t always stay dead in Claysville, as Amity Blue discovers when a dead stalker shows up at the bar where she works.