Cops and Goblins

Urban Fantasy – Police Procedural – Dark ComedyDetective Margaret Baker has had better mornings.After a .38-caliber bullet bounces off her face without leaving a scratch, Margaret discovers that her body has somehow become impossibly dense—strong enough to shrug off bullets, bend steel, and turn every office chair into a structural hazard.Her reward? A transfer to the LAPD's basement-level Weird Crimes Unit.Her new partner? A literal demon in a three-piece suit who is more terrifyingly obsessed with paperwork than he is with hellfire.Their first case looks like a routine bust on a magical drug ring. Goblin chop shops. Stolen catalytic converters. Illegal pixie dust. Nothing Margaret hasn't seen before.Except the drugs are being mixed with ectoplasm, the distribution network reaches deep into the LAPD, and someone inside the department is making sure the evidence never reaches the light of day.As Margaret and her bureaucratic demon partner follow the trail through supernatural nightclubs, corrupt cops, magical smuggling routes, and city-run facilities, they discover something far worse than a criminal syndicate.The entire system may be compromised.In a city where magic is everywhere and corruption is officially filed in triplicate, Margaret has one advantage: she's too stubborn to quit, too heavy to intimidate, and apparently impossible to kill.And her demon partner has the paperwork to prove it.Cops and Goblins is a fast-paced urban fantasy mystery packed with hardboiled detective noir, supernatural crime, dark humor, corrupt cops, magical drugs, and an unforgettable buddy-cop duo.