Overview

The Special Crimes Division is an elite task force that handles magic and parahuman related crimes. Witch and detective Fairuz Arshad welcomes the change from the brutal demands of Homicide.
Her superiors have other ideas.
This urban fantasy set contains the first five books of the Barrier Witch series, and the Gift of Carols short story.

Human shouldn’t be on anybody’s Christmas menu.

When a missing teenager turns up dead and eaten alive, Special Crimes detective Fairuz Arshad is called to investigate. The bites don’t match anything the medical examiners have ever seen before. Her partner is convinced the teenagers have been taken by Krampus. Fairuz fears it’s something much more real and much more terrifying:
A ghoul with a taste for living flesh.

Gift of Curses

"What happened to being done with bodies?"

A witch, siren, and dryad are found dead from causes that can’t be explained. The evidence suggests there’s something far more dangerous at work than simple spells gone wrong.
A djinni is to blame for the rising body count, and his reign of terror is far from over. Someone is controlling the djinni and using his power for their own purposes
Can Fairuz stop this murderous rampage? Or will her magic be completely outmatched by the much more powerful djinni?

“If nobody else is going to say it, I will. Our victim has no eyes.”

A corpse with no eyes bursts into flames before Toronto’s Special Crimes Detective Fairuz Arshad can investigate. Her superiors are ordering her to close the case before it’s even been opened, and it isn’t the only one. The evidence points to a string of parahuman murders, with all the victims missing organs.
As her partner joins the ranks of those keeping secrets from her, the list of people Fairuz trusts grows smaller. More bodies are uncovered, and she fears something far more sinister is at work than a simple serial killer.
With her own team turning against her, can Fairuz catch the killer before he strikes again?

“I am not a witch!”

Five hundred years ago, Angelo was burned at the stake and reborn as a phoenix. Bound to a dark necromancer, it falls to him to find victims Rutherford Bromley can harvest organs from. If he fails, he pays with his own flesh.
Desperate to be free, Angelo eagerly partners with a curse worker in search of a spell that will kill Bromley once and for all.
But Bromley anticipates their attack, and Angelo’s chance at escape goes up in flames.
He wants revenge, and he doesn’t care who burns with him to get it.

“What's the location of your emergency?”

Detective Fairuz Arshad is determined to do whatever it takes to stop the Black Birches. Audra Jansens, a Birches enforcer in a Toronto prison, might have information she needs.
But time is running out. Jansons is awaiting transfer to be deported. Fairuz’s only chance is to go undercover before it's too late. Things spin even more out of control when the transfer van is ambushed.
Someone on Fairuz' team isn’t who they appear. Can she figure out who the mole is, or will she pay for it with her life?

“I don't think we can prosecute a tree for murder.”

When an attempt is made on Fairuz’s life, the effort is foiled by an unlikely suspect: Rowan Oak. But Rowan’s sudden appearance is no coincidence. He comes with a warning. Volha z-Biarozy is coming for Fairuz, and she won’t stop until the detective is dead.
Not one to be deterred by a failed assassination, Fairuz is braced and ready to go head to head with Volha. But, Volha is more ruthless than Fairuz could ever imagine, and the love of her life is caught in the crossfire.
Will self sacrifice be the only way for Fairuz to save the people she loves?