Dead Things (Eric Carter)
<b>Stephen Blackmoore's dark urban fantasy series follows necromancer Eric Carter through a world of vengeful gods and goddesses, mysterious murders, and restless ghosts.</b><br><br>Necromancer is such an ugly word, but it's a title Eric Carter is stuck with.<br><br> He sees ghosts, talks to the dead. He's turned it into a lucrative career putting troublesome spirits to rest, sometimes taking on even more dangerous things. For a fee, of course.<br><br> When he left LA fifteen years ago, he thought he'd never go back. Too many bad memories. Too many people trying to kill him.<br><br> But now his sister's been brutally murdered and Carter wants to find out why.<br><br> Was it the gangster looking to settle a score? The ghost of a mage he killed the night he left town? Maybe it's the patron saint of violent death herself, Santa Muerte, who's taken an unusually keen interest in him.<br><br> Carter's going to find out who did it, and he's going to make them pay.<br><br> As long as they don't kill him first.