A MURDER OF MAGES marks the debut of Marshall Ryan Maresca’s novels of A MURDER
OF MAGES
introduces us to this spellbinding port city as seen
through the eyes of the people who strive to maintain law
and order, the hardworking men and women of the Maradaine
Constabulary.
Satrine Rainey—former street rat,
ex-spy, mother of two, and wife to a Constabulary
Inspector who lies on the edge of death, injured in the
line of duty—has been forced to fake her way into the
post of Constabulary Inspector to support her family.
Minox Welling is a brilliant, unorthodox Inspector
and an Uncircled mage—almost a crime in itself. Nicknamed
“the jinx” because of the misfortunes that seem to befall
anyone around him, Minox has been partnered with Satrine
because no one else will work with either of them.
Their first case together—the ritual murder of a
Circled mage— sends Satrine back to the streets she grew
up on and brings Minox face-to-face with mage politics
he’s desperate to avoid. As the body count rises, Satrine
and Minox must race to catch the killer before their own
secrets are exposed and they, too, become targets.