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Old wars, new battles. Fighting ghosts, witches, and curses is nothing new for Max and Sandra Porter. But when a Civil War ghost gets tethered to their teenage son, J, everything is new. And terrifying. With the help of their partner and ghost, Marshall Drummond, the team will be up against serious and deadly problems - dealing with the head witch of North Carolina, raising ancient bones from the bottom of lake, breaking forgotten curses, and far more. But worse than that, they will have to face the most difficult challenge of all - J starts dating.

Marshall Drummond has faced many ghosts, witches, and curses. It comes with the territory of being North Carolinas Investigator of the Bizarre. But never before has he been the target. A ghost is haunting him. Worse, his newfound flame, Catalina, is also being visited by an angry spirit. With numerous cases that could tick off the supernatural, Drummond will have a hard road figuring out who is after him and why. And when he finally learns those answers, the fight will only be beginning.

When Marshall Drummond is called to a local apartment building because tenants are complaining of a ghost, he thinks it will amount to nothing. Turns out, there is a ghost. And when it locks Drummond in the building, he has only one way to get free - solve the ghost’s murder.

When a man walks into the Winston-Salem police station wearing only a toga and claims that somebody has stolen his mind, there are two choices - send him to the asylum or call Marshall Drummond, the 1940s' private investigator of the weird and unexplained. The case takes Drummond to hidden parts of the city where he’ll face unnatural people and emptied minds, and he’ll learn firsthand how dark the souls of mankind can be. That is, unless the magic that takes minds away swipes his as well.

Thrown to Earth from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save our world from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his companion Scotch, he faces these monsters hoping to create a peaceful world for all. In Death Kiss, it all comes to a head when their archnemesis Lana completes her power symbols. Armed with more magic than ever before, Lana is primed to take over the world unless an old bluesman and his wise-cracking sidekick can stop her.

The Bluesman - musician, magician, lethal killer. Thrown to Earth from a parallel universe, the Bluesman seeks to save our world from being overrun by the horrid, mutated creatures that came with him. Armed with magic, skill, and his companion, Scotch, he faces these monsters hoping to create a peaceful world for all. In Honky Tonk Horror, an evening gigging at a local dive bar turns deadly when a monster posing as a human enters the crowd. Scotch takes the lead while the Bluesman plays the music that might just save his life.

The Pages of Glass. Myth to some. Legend to others. For the creature Yal-hara, it is a truth which could reveal how to return to her own universe. And how she can choose other universes to conquer. Only one thing stands her way. The Parallel Society. For Roni, the Pages are yet another mystery hidden by her grandmother, another piece of understanding the Society she is meant to lead, and another danger threatening her life and the lives of those she loves. Above all else, the Pages are to be guarded, kept safe, and never allowed in the hands of creatures like Yal-hara.

A stage magician who performs real witchcraft. A group of novices who attempt an expert spell. A police detective forced to face the secret world he has denied. And Marshall Drummond stuck in the middle of it all.

Some cases are just another job. Some change a person. And some cases change many lives forever. When a witch visits Marshall Drummond and then a series of murders falls his way, he knows this is going to be the worst kind of case. Nobody will get out unscathed. Welcome to the Marshall Drummond Case Files. These stories explore the dark mysteries and thrilling adventures of 1940s PI, Marshall Drummond, before he died and became the ghost detective found in the bestselling Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries.

Nathan K - he can hold two souls in his body. If he dies, he loses one yet lives on with the other. As long as he replenishes his second soul, he cannot be killed. Nathan K is immortal. And he’s not the only one. Nathan K’s action-packed adventures continue with three more pulse-pounding novels. His desire to take control of his life has never been higher or more dangerous.

For Max and the gang, the idea that dead is not the end has become second nature. But the idea that a ghost who has moved on could be ripped back into the world? That is new. And terrifying. When a woman hires the Porter Agency to help with this very problem, she doesn’t know half of what she’s roping them into. Now, it is up to Max, Sandra, and Drummond to find who is behind this atrocity and stop them. Plus, there’s a spirit to return to the Beyond, a missing girl who might have been murdered, and a possible murderer who happens to be the new client.

When the most powerful witch in North Carolina, Madame Ti, is abducted, the Porter Agency is called upon to find her. With no leadership over magic in the state, many have come to fill the power void, and this appears to be the first overt move. Is it the Brotherhood — a group seeking to restore ancient magic that pre-dates witchcraft? Or Sister Sadie — the insane witch that used the Porter Agency to free herself from cursed captivity?

Loose ends never sit well with Marshall Drummond, so when most of his case regarding the strange Mr. Howe has finished, he still has one leftover clue to deal with—a bizarre coin etched with an odd symbol. But what starts as a simple closing of a case turns into a horrifying end that will linger in Drummond for years to come.

Marshall Drummond, private investigator of the strange and bizarre, can’t seem to avoid trouble. It doesn’t help that he has a knack for ticking off magic-wielding people. When his past exploits catch up with him, the time arrives to deal with those old problems. Namely, one Mr. Howe. Because if Drummond doesn’t put an end to it all, Mr. Howe might put an end to Drummond.

Sometimes getting information is tough for a PI. But when Marshall Drummond visits his ol’ pal, Leroy, for some Christmas drinking and a little information, things become downright bizarre. Add in a couple of amateur thieves and spellcasters, and Drummond will start wishing he had stayed home for the holidays.

As a private investigator in North Carolina, most of Marshall Drummond’s cases involve that other world - the one with ghosts and spells, the one with witches and curses, the one most people never see or want to see. Welcome to the Marshall Drummond Case Files. This second installment details four harrowing cases that follow one terrible decision and its repercussions. Witches, spirits, curses, magic, and danger. It’s all here. It’s all waiting for you.

When Leroy Parker discovers a full skeleton in the woods - one with a curse carved into the bone - he calls the only detective who specializes in the strange and unusual - Marshall Drummond. Together, their investigation will take them to something stranger than either ever expected. Something borne out of love but stretched into the bizarre. Because, the bonds of love will happily push beyond the normal and acceptable.

Marshall Drummond has faced many challenging cases in the past, but nothing could prepare him for taking on a case for his old boss, the chief of police. Caught in a web of lies and secrets, Drummond must figure out why the chief’s wife and maid are being terrorized by an otherworldly being before it returns to kill them all. Then, he has to figure out how to stop the thing.

In a farmhouse on the outskirts of Winston-Salem, PI Marshall Drummond is hired to help a girl accidentally cursed. But soon, he is in a fight for his life when the girl’s parents prove to be more dangerous than the curse itself. Welcome to the Marshall Drummond Case Files. These stories explore the dark mysteries and thrilling adventures of 1940s private investigator Marshall Drummond, before he died and became the ghost detective found in the best-selling Max Porter paranormal mysteries.

By the early 1930s, PI Marshall Drummond had built up an underground reputation in North Carolina as the man to turn to with cases involving the weird and unexplained. So, it should have come as no shock when a notorious gangster wanted to hire him. Even a Northern gangster. But nothing is ever simple with criminals. What seems like a straightforward haunting reveals a callous crime, one that involves cold murder, shallow graves, and macabre ghosts. One that Drummond finds more and more difficult to get away from.