Lucienne Diver – författare

The demigod detective is back to stop Dionysus and Hades from sending Los Angeles straight to hell in this "sharp and funny" urban fantasy (Christina Henry, author of the Black Wings series).An ill wind is blowing through LA—right through Tori Karacis''s door. Just a few weeks after she prevented rogue gods from blowing the city into the ocean, more dead bodies are turning up near the leftover crater . . . bodies that have been shredded by something too big to be, shall we say, of this world.Worse, her Uncle Christos has disappeared after stumbling onto a deadly cult masquerading as the Back-to-Earth movement. The connection: Dionysus. Yes, that Dionysus. He''s resurrected his bloody fertility rite, complete with frenzied female groupies who tear men limb from limb. And he''s won over Demeter, goddess of the harvest, by getting her daughter Persephone away from Hades for good.Predictably, Hades isn''t about to let Persephone go without a fight. Unless Tori finds a way to bring her back to him, Hades will abandon the gates of Tartarus. At which time all hell will, literally, break loose. Between saving the world, the woman, the cultists and her crazy uncle, Tori is giving up on getting to the beach before all the good spots are taken.

A destination wedding in Delphi is interrupted as the immortal Titans rise again in the third novel of this urban fantasy series.Tori Karacis is not pleased to find her face on the front of yet another tabloid "news"paper, linked to Hollywood hottie Apollo Demas. It was only one dinner, and she was already pissed at him at the time. But tabloids are the least of her worries. Just before leaving for her cousin''s destination wedding in Delphi, Tori learns that her arch nemeses, Zeus and Poseidon, have escaped police custody. And when angry gods escape . . .Even though she was looking forward to seeing Detective Nick Armani in a tux, Tori''s pre-flight jitters are confirmed when Apollo boards the same plane with his sexy new co-star on his arm. They''re all nearly torn out of the sky by a freak storm, but atop Mount Parnassus, something even more deadly awaits. A prophecy, a kidnapping, and a bloodletting that stirs up the mother of all trouble—literally.The Titan Rhea is awakened, and she''s none too happy with her offspring for losing their usurped dominion over the Earth. The Olympians have fallen. It''s time for the Titans to rise again. Which means it''ll be a bad day for anyone standing in their way.

Gargoyle-winged PI Tori Karacis is back in LA—and her newest case doesn''t involve gods or an impending apocalypse . . . just garden-variety murder. Tori has a new client with big-time family problems. Jessica Roland''s suspicions began when her brothers returned from Egypt eerily different. The terror kicked in with the ritualistic murder of her parents. Her real brothers would never have done such a thing, yet their guilt seems indisputable. Is it the Curse of the Pharaohs? Some kind of brain-eating bacteria? At the scene of a second attack, there''s evidence it''s the work of Set, the god of chaos, who should have been locked away long ago. And hello, there''s a new arrival. Neith, a warrior goddess who''s got the hots for Tori''s ex, Nick Armani. In theory, that shouldn''t cause Tori any problems. After all, she''s involved with Apollo—yes, that Apollo. Still, it''s a bit much for Neith to ask her for seduction advice! Meanwhile, Set is gaining strength, chaos starts leaking all over the place, and LA is a powder keg set to blow. "Blood Hunt is an excitement-filled mystery with great characters and a good twist at the end." —Fresh Fiction