Daybridge Necropolis - Rae Stonehouse

In the gritty streets of Daybridge, an ancient evil stirs. When a string of grisly grave robberies leads Detective Ethan Reeves and his partner Alice Chen to uncover a necromancer's plot, they find themselves in a race against time to stop a madman from unleashing an army of the undead.

But Ethan harbors his own dark secret: he is a werewolf, torn between his duty to protect the innocent and the beast within. As they delve deeper into the necromancer's twisted schemes, Ethan and Alice must confront the ghosts of their pasts while forging an uneasy alliance with the enigmatic witch Lila Darkmagic.

With each passing night, the necromancer grows stronger, his power fueled by a mysterious tome of forbidden magic. The dead rise from their graves, hungering for the flesh of the living, as an ancient darkness threatens to plunge Daybridge into eternal night.

Ethan will be tested like never before - forced to embrace the wolf within and unearth the secrets of his own haunted past. But with Alice by his side and a ragtag team of supernatural allies, he may have a chance at stopping the necromancer's reign of terror. If they fail, Daybridge will fall - and darkness will rule forevermore.

Pulse-pounding and atmospheric, Daybridge Necropolis is a gripping urban fantasy noir that blends supernatural suspense with gritty crime drama. The second book in the Ethan Reeves Werewolf Detective series, it is a harrowing journey through a city on the brink, where the lines between man and monster blur - and the darkest magics awaken.