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A supernatural detective mystery with a hellhound killer, cursed magic, and a case of greed and deception. It’s a dog-eat-dog world. When wealthy magister Richard Brook turns up dead in DeWitt Cl...
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  • 11 August 2026
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A supernatural detective mystery with a hellhound killer, cursed magic, and a case of greed and deception.

It’s a dog-eat-dog world.

When wealthy magister Richard Brook turns up dead in DeWitt Clinton Park, witnesses claim a demonic dog chased him through the early morning fog. Detective Leery Oriscoe, a werewolf investigator with New York’s Supernatural Inquisitors Squad, and his partner Dru Nogan, a half-succubus warder with connections in Hell, catch the case.

The choice is elementary, really.

As Leery digs for bones, he and Dru uncover a curse laid on the Brook family by a disgruntled warlock and the greed of Brook’s cocky magister business partner, a man with the skills to summon a Hound of Hell. With Dru working her connections in Gehenna and Leery following the trail on the ground, the detectives must eliminate the impossible and see what remains.

Can they uncover enough truth to arrest a Sure ’Lock?

Sure ’Lock is Book Eight in the Claw & Warder series, perfect for readers who love supernatural police procedurals, paranormal courtroom drama, sharp gallows humour, and urban fantasy in the vein of Jim Butcher and Ben Aaronovitch.

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Praise for the Claw & Warder series:

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A supernatural version of Law and Order

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The perfect blend of mythology and procedural

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The characters practically leap off the page

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Filled with snark, coffee, murder, and courtroom drama

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I love the growing relationship between Dru and Leery

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I couldn’t put it down

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Price: $18.99
Pages: 300
Publisher: Vinci Books Ltd
Imprint: Vinci Books Ltd
Series: CLAW & WARDER
Publication Date: 11 August 2026
Trim Size: 7.80 X 5.10 in
ISBN: 9781036706234
Format: Paperback
BISACs: FICTION / Fantasy / General, Urban fantasy, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Crime, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Unexplained Phenomena, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Mythical creatures: Vampires, werewolves and other shapeshifters
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Erik Henry Vick is an author of dark speculative fiction who writes despite a disability caused by his Personal Monster™ (also known as an autoimmune disease.) He writes to hang on to the few remaining shreds of his sanity. He lives with his wife, Supergirl; their son; a Rottweiler named after a god of thunder; and two extremely psychotic cats. He fights his Personal Monster™ daily with humor, pain medicine, and funny T-shirts. Erik has a B.A. in Psychology, an M.S.C.S., and a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence. He has worked as a criminal investigator for a state agency, a college professor, a C.T.O. for an international software company, and a video game developer. He loves talking to his readers, so please email him at berserkerik@erikhenryvick.com--he tries to respond to everyone.