Guardian of Monsters (Sleuths of Shadow Salon book 1) by Catherine Stine

Celestine, a witch with a talent for prophetic drawings is shocked when she draws her landlord Ray with his eyes gouged out and a winged-mermaid by him, and he turns up dead. All she wanted was to open a gallery, but first she must apprehend his killer. In a note, Ray revealed he was actually a supernatural pirate mage. Years back, his crew trapped an evil rival clan. Ray feared they’d escaped.

Oryn, a fae and classmate in Celestine’s art class, asks nosy questions. Yet, he’s clever at brainstorming leads and insists his air magic could come in handy.

When pirates in Ray’s old crew are murdered, Celestine decides she needs help from Oryn and Luna, a mermaid asking to show at Celestine’s new gallery—the same one in Celestine’s drawing! Otherwise, the monstrosity unleashed will destroy Savannah. For lovers of PNR crime procedurals.

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Category: Fantasy – Paranormal & Urban

Detectives Luna and Celestine take a second case, when Tim Calhoun insists his Theater Conservatory has been cursed. He claims a red demon’s terrorizing him, upturning his library and setting fires. He’s desperate to solve this terrifying mystery before Hollywood directors and agents flock to Savannah to watch his students perform.

Hazards follow rehearsals of the 1811 play. Luna interviews students and inspects the campus. Finding a copy with odd red notations, she hires Dodge, a necro-visionary to discover their source. The shocking entity he resurrects says aerial realms must be won to end the curse. But where they are remains elusive.

To uncover clues, Luna uses water magic, consults root worker Dupree and realm-jumper Dao, all while resisting a crush on Tim. Celestine finds hints in drawings. If Luna fails to reach the realms, people will perish. Read books in any order.