The explosion should have killed him . . . Jake Bishop is back on the streets of Solomon City, ten months after a mob bombing destroyed his office and murdered his partner and secretary. But Bishop isn't just any private detective-he's a "ditch wizard" able to step through shadow and bend reality to his will. When the beautiful and mysterious Portia Vance answers his ad for a new secretary, Bishop thinks his luck might finally be changing. Together, they begin hunting Vito Morelli, the mob boss who ordered the hit that nearly ended Bishop's life. Their investigation leads them through the city's darkest corners-from strip clubs to shadow banking operations, from corrupt cops to magical wards. But in a world where bullets and spells are equally deadly, and where everyone has secrets worth killing for, Bishop discovers that the line between hunter and hunted is thinner than he thought. Some cases require a gun. Others need magic. This one demands both. In the shadows of Solomon City, justice comes with a price-and revenge wears a beautiful face. A gritty noir fantasy that proves sometimes the most dangerous magic is the human heart.