Inspector Pete Caldecutt of the New Scotland Yard is
stubborn, willful, and dedicated to use all means possible
in her goal to serve and protect. Her perfectionist
attitude has made her feel like an outsider. That and her
uncanny intuition.
Pete follows up on a missing child
lead. It is hard to
believe Jack Winter, her informant, because the last time
she saw him, he was dead. Twelve years has passed and he's
gone from a charismatic rocker who dabbled in magic to a
drug addict looking to get his next score. Oh, he remembers
Pete, and has a huge chip on his shoulder against her. For
the life of her, she doesn't know why.
Jack tells her
where the child will be found. She puts
aside her suspicions and follows it up. Jack's information
turns out true. Although found and alive the little girl
has been blinded and is insane because of the experience.
Before Pete can be assigned a new case, two more children
disappear under the same circumstance. Jack came through
once. Can lightening hit twice?
She's got a
condition. If he's working with her, she
won't have him stoned or high. She wants him straight.
She's got to find those children now, not after a lengthy
stay at a rehab clinic, and forces it on him cold turkey.
Jack's magic is real. Straight, it brings on his mean
personality and visions of ghosts that linger out of normal
human sight. The drugs kept the worst at bay, so keeping
him clean long enough to solve her case is two steps
forward, one step back. After they return from the Black,
she finds he's shot up again.
Somebody doesn't want Jack helping Pete, and they would
prefer he return to the dead. Could it be something to do
with the other worldly being tagging along with Pete since
that night twelve years ago when Jack died? Not just
nightmares but something that still commands her obedience?
What Pete lacks in magic, she makes up for in sheer
determination, but is strength strong enough to fight pure
evil?
STREET MAGIC by Caitlin Kittredge starts with a bang
and a twist. I haven't felt like skipping to the end of a
book to see if it ends satisfactorily in a long time. This
is a series I look forward to reading the next book.
Her name is Pete Caldecott. She was just sixteen when she
met Jack Winter, a gorgeous, larger-than-life mage who
thrilled her with his witchcraft. Then a spirit Jack
summoned killed him before Pete’s eyes—or so she thought.
Now a detective, Pete is investigating the case of a young
girl kidnapped from the streets of London. A tipster’s
chilling prediction has led police directly to the child…but
when Pete meets the informant, she’s shocked to learn he is
none other than Jack.
Strung out on heroin, Jack a shadow of his former self. But
he’s able to tell Pete exactly where Bridget’s kidnappers
are hiding: in the supernatural shadow-world of the fey.
Even though she’s spent years disavowing the supernatural,
Pete follows Jack into the invisible fey underworld, where
she hopes to discover the truth about what happened to
Bridget—and what happened to Jack on that dark day so long ago…
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