#20 Titanshade by Dan Stout

This sorta urban fantasy is more than a few degrees off from our world. Some things are like us but then there are several other races living with humans. There is disco and 8 track players and magic users that use a substance called manna to power their spells. Manna has run dry and the old in Titanshade is also running out. Wind power is coming thanks to the Squibs investment but not everyone wants to give up on the oil fields. Carter is cop that isn’t held to the highest regard in the department even if he can close cases. He is dispatched to a murder scene in a hotel that the victim is a diplomat with the Squib contingent negotiating wind power generation. Carter is partnered with a rookie detective to keep him out of trouble and the press’ eye. Ajax is a Mollenkampi who can’t be any different than Carter, he is a college graduate and doesn’t have a world weary view. The rest of the book has them working together as Cater goes to trust his new partner. The rest of the plot is a typical buddy cop mystery and I enjoyed it very much. The ending has major consequences to this story universe and I’m interested to see where it goes.


Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley