The Supernatural Detective

The Supernatural Detective
Author: Crin Claxton
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Inc
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1602829004

A girl meets girl, girl meets ghosts, funny, fast-paced thriller stretching from the streets of London’s theatre-land to the sand dunes of Provincetown. When Tony Carson wakes to a pretty drag queen perched on her chest of drawers, she thinks she’s dreaming. But it’s Tony’s powers that have awoken, and the ghosts just won’t leave her alone. Struggling with the mystery surrounding the death of her father, attractive herbalist Maya Silva needs Tony more than she knows, and it’s not just for her supernatural detecting. Dark storms are brewing and Tony’s about to discover the spirit world can be a very dangerous world indeed…

Dark Detectives: An Anthology of Supernatural Mysteries

Dark Detectives: An Anthology of Supernatural Mysteries
Author: Stephen Jones
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Total Pages: 571
Release: 2015-03-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 178329129X

CRIMES OF TERROR AND DARKNESS In the battle between good and evil, the supernatural investigators form the first line of defense against the unexplainable. Here are eighteen pulse-pounding tales featuring uncanny sleuths battling against the weird, written by Clive Barker R. Chetwynd-Hayes Basil Copper Neil Gaiman William Hope Hodgson Brian Lumley Brian Mooney Kim Newman Jay Russell Peter Tremayne Manly Wade Wellman Featuring the entire ‘’Seven Stars” saga by Kim Newman, pitting the Diogenes Club against an occult object with the power to ultimately annihilate mankind!

Dark Detectives

Dark Detectives
Author: Stephen Jones
Publisher: Fedogan & Bremer
Total Pages: 432
Release: 1999
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Chiefly short stories and 1 poem.

The Weiser Book of Occult Detectives

The Weiser Book of Occult Detectives
Author: Judika Illes
Publisher: Weiser Books
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2017-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1633410668

A compilation of vintage occult mysteries by Arthur Conan Doyle, Algernon Blackwood, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, and Helena Blavatsky, and others. Whether they investigate paranormal mysteries or use their own supernatural gifts to solve crimes, occult detectives maintain an extraordinary hold on our imaginations. From X-Files to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, there are no shortage of contemporary examples. In The Weister Book of Occult Detectives, esoteric scholar Judika Illes delves into the literary roots of this enduring subgenre. Among the ranks of occult detectives featured in this book are beloved favorites such as Dr. Hesselius, Dr. Taverner, Thomas Carnacki, and John Silence. They are joined by the more obscure or unjustly forgotten sleuths such as Shiela Crerar and Diana Marburg. Their investigative techniques range from palmistry and clairvoyance to psychometry, mesmerism, dreams, and good old deductive reasoning.

Those Who Fight Monsters

Those Who Fight Monsters
Author: Tanya Huff
Publisher: EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2018-11-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1894817885

Got Vampires? Ghosts? Monsters? We Can Help! Your one-stop-shop for Urban Fantasy’s finest anthology of the supernatural. 14 sleuths are gathered together for the first time in all-original tales of unusual cases which require services that go far beyond mere deduction! Featuring new stories by: Tanya Huff, C. T. Adams and Cathy Clamp, Simon R. Green, T. A. Pratt, Chris Marie Green, Lilith Saintcrow, Rachel Caine, Jackie Kessler, Carrie L. Vaughn, Julie Kenner, C. J. Henderson, Laura Anne Gilman, Justin Gustainis and Caitlin Kittredge Meet the Detectives: Danny Hendrickson - from Laura Anne Gilman’s Cosa Nostradamus series. Kate Connor - from Julie Kenner’s Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom series. John Taylor - from Simon R. Green’s Nightside series. Jill Kismet - from Lilith Saintcrow’s Jill Kismet series. Jessi Hardin - from Carrie Vaughn’s Kitty Norville series. Quincey Morris - from Justin Gustainis’ Morris/Chastain Investigations series. Marla Mason - from T. A. Pratt’s Marla Mason series. Tony Foster - from Tanya Huff’s Smoke and Shadows series. Dawn Madison - from Chris Marie Green’s Vampire Babylon series. Pete Caldecott - from Caitlin Kittredge’s Black London series. Tony Giodone - from C. T. Adams and Cathy Clamp’s Tales of the Sazi series. Jezebel - from Jackie Kessler’s Hell on Earth series. Piers Knight - from C. J. Henderson’s Brooklyn Knight series. Cassiel - from Rachel Caine’s Outcast Season series. Demons may lurk, werewolves may prowl, vampires may ride the wind. These are things that go bump in the night, but we are the ones who bump back! About the editor: Justin Gustainis has been an Army officer, speechwriter and professional bodyguard. He is currently a college professor living in upstate New York. He is the author of The Hades Project, Black Magic Woman, Evil Ways, Hard Spell and Sympathy for the Devil. He has also published a number of short stories, two of which won the Graverson Award for Horror in consecutive years. He is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop. Praise: "Urban fantasy has a special place in my heart, and the Occult Detective is perhaps the fundamental urban-fantasy archetype. An anthology of this kind is can serve two purposes: The first is to provide a taste of the genre to those that might otherwise be unfamiliar with it, and the second is to provide fans of the genre a chance to discover writers they may not have already come across. It was well worth the read and I would recommend it wholeheartedly for any fan of the urban fantasy/occult detective genre; even more so if you are unfamiliar with the genre and would like a taste as to what it’s all about." — Nick Bronson -- "Urban Fantasy readers will love this book, and it is a first-rate group of stories." — Paul Lappan, Reviewer

Sins for Father Knox

Sins for Father Knox
Author: Josef Škvorecký
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1991
Genre: Detective and mystery stories, Czech
ISBN: 9780393307870

A clergyman named Ronald A. Knox once set forth a set of rules for writing detective fiction. In ten new stories (two featuring Lieutenant Boruvka), a crime occurs that violates one of Father Knox's rules, thus serving up a double challenge: Who dunnit? and Which rule was broken?

Joe Golem: Occult Detective Volume 1--The Rat Catcher and the Sunken Dead

Joe Golem: Occult Detective Volume 1--The Rat Catcher and the Sunken Dead
Author: Mike Mignola
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2016-08-02
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1630083984

Forty years after disaster left Lower Manhattan submerged in thirty feet of water, the Drowning City has taken a turn for the weird, and Joe Golem is there to investigate. A mysterious and terrifying creature has been snatching children and pulling them into the depths of the canals, and those that drowned in the floods are coming back to the surface—alive. Collects the five-issue miniseries. “Do I recommend Joe Golem: Occult Detective? Absolutely. Without a shadow of a doubt. Yes.”—Big Comic Page “Mignola and Golden have crafted a masterful story that I thoroughly enjoyed.” —ComicBuzz

How To Be A Paranormal Detective

How To Be A Paranormal Detective
Author: Greg Lawson
Publisher: Visionary Living, Inc.
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2019-06-03
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1942157495

Enter the exciting world of paranormal investigation, where history, folklore and the supernatural converge.Learn how to be a super sleuth from Greg Lawson, a longtime paranormal investigator and law enforcement officer, who shows you how to apply crime investigation and detection techniques to the paranormal. Raise your skills and get more out of every investigation!"I love Greg Lawson's unique perspective. As a law enforcement veteran, Greg brings the techniques of criminal detectives into paranormal investigation. His perspective is one that is much needed and long overdue. If you are seriously interested in the supernatural, you need to get your copy of How to Be A Paranormal Detective today!"—Jim Harold, host of The Paranormal Podcast and Jim Harold's Campfire"Greg Lawson brings much needed insights to the field of paranormal investigating with a book that finally covers the most fascinating aspects of the investigation. How to Be A Paranormal Detective is a fantastic read."—Dave Schrader, host of Midnight in the Desert

Occult Detective Quarterly Presents

Occult Detective Quarterly Presents
Author: Ulthar Press
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2018-09-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781726439930

Since the days of the Victorian Era, there have been a few brave, intrepid souls who stood fast in the battle against the unknown. They would come to be known as 'Occult Detectives' and their ranks swelled to include such legends as Carnacki the Ghost Finder, John Silence, Auguste Dupin among many others. Here, for the first time, are eight ALL-NEW tales of those who, when others turn and run from horror, move forward often armed only with their own courage and wits. These stories run the gamut in settings and characters and showcase some of the best writers in the field today. Included are new tales by Charles R. Rutledge, Adrian Cole, William Meikle, Amanda DeWees and more. Included is an essay by noted scholar Mike Ashley on the formation of the Occult Detective genre and its history. When you hear that bump in the night will you shrink from fear or become, like the heroes within these pages, an Occult Detective and plunge fearlessly into the unknown? Perhaps your tale is yet to be told!

The Best of Jules de Grandin

The Best of Jules de Grandin
Author: Seabury Quinn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1949102424

"Hercule Poirot meets Fox Mulder . . . raises genuine shivers. "—Kirkus Reviews A collection of the 20 greatest tales of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales. Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn. Quinn’s short stories were featured in well more than half of Weird Tales’s original publication run. His most famous character, the supernatural French detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin’s knack for solving mysteries—and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (grand Dieu!)—captivated readers for nearly three decades. The Best of Jules de Grandin, edited by George Vanderburgh, presents twenty of the greatest published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order with stories from the 1920s through the 1940s, this collection contains the most incredible of Jules de Grandin's many awe-inspiring adventures.