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Curse of the Phoenix
A Paranormal / Urban Fantasy Novel by Dan Willis
Book 1 of the The Arcane Irregulars Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Police Procedural,
- Magical Crime,
- New York City
This book is for you if you're into...
- Urban fantasy mysteries with magical crimes in modern New York
- Detective duos forced to team up under supernatural pressure
- Cases where ancient artifacts unleash deadly consequences
When a trail of magical murders follow a stolen statue, Lieutenant Danny Pak and FBI Agent Buddy Redhorn have to get it back, before its dire curse falls on the city.
New York Police Lieutenant Danny Pak has a problem. When one of his officers calls him out to an unusual crime scene, Danny realizes that it's terrifyingly similar to something the department thought was dead and buried. Now he has to find a madman before the story hits the papers and the city explodes into chaos.
Across town, Agent William "Buddy" Redhorn of the FBI has two problems. He's been assigned a potentially career-ending case with magical ties, and his sorceress boss is out of town. The case involves a stolen statue that belongs to the government of Brunei, but the more he chases the thieves, the more bodies begin to drop. Bodies affected by a strange, unknown magic.
Resolving to work together, Danny and Redhorn have to catch a cold-blooded killer, recover a stolen artifact, all while keeping everything out of the press. If they don't, it will be more than their careers that will die when the curse of the Jade Phoenix descends on New York.
Important Note: Curse of the Phoenix takes place in the Arcane Casebook universe. If you haven't read any of those, you might want to start there.
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