Melissa F. Olson Reihenfolge der Bücher

Months after her battles in Wyoming, Allison "Lex" Luther is still struggling with the aftereffects of the psychic attack she suffered--and with the new developments in her own magic. Then Lex's boss, the cardinal vampire of Colorado, passes along a strange request from her counterpart in Atlanta. Hundreds of Civil War spirits have abruptly vanished in Beau Calhoun's territory, and he wants Lex to figure out why. In exchange, Beau can help her understand boundary magic, which runs in his family line as well. Despite her trepidation, Lex journeys to the Deep South, where she discovers that ghosts are everywhere...and that her host's intentions are more complicated than he promised. It seems his teenage descendant is being hunted, and both Beau and Lex fear the young woman's boundary blood may have made her a target. With Atlanta's history looming over her every move, Lex will have to face Beau's ghosts--and her own--to prevent a boundary magic attack she never dreamed possible.

The Bureau of Preternatural Investigations returns in Switchback, the sequel to Melissa F. Olson's Nightshades. Three weeks after the events of Nightshades, things are finally beginning to settle for the Chicago branch of the BPI, but the brief respite from the horror of the previous few weeks was never destined to last. The team gets a call from Switch Creek, IL, where a young man has been arrested on suspicion of being a shade. The suspect is held overnight, pending DNA testing, but seemingly escapes in a terrifying and bloody massacre. But is there more to the jailbreak than a simple quest for freedom?

If there is one city that Scarlett Bernard hates, it's Las Vegas. But when the cardinal vampire of Los Angeles convinces her to go investigate a new vampire-themed stage show, Scarlett quickly finds herself shoulder-deep in sequins, slot machines, and Old World intrigue. The show's creators are vampire celebrities Arthur and Lucy Holmwood, who once inspired characters from the original Dracula. Now, however, they have no qualms about announcing their true status to the human world, endangering the secrecy of the Old World and Scarlett's mission to keep it hidden. But before she can begin untangling the Holmwoods' motives, Scarlett also discovers that their new production has attracted more than just fans: Las Vegas's many vampires are suddenly disappearing, and rumors are flying that actual vampire hunters may have followed Arthur and Lucy to town. Now, without her allies, her bargest, or her frequent partner Jesse Cruz, Scarlett must navigate a new underworld of secrets and murders in a city where nothing is ever as it seems. And the stakes have never been higher.

Scarlett Bernard is used to cleaning up messes. As a human who cancels out any magic around her, Scarlett's job is to keep the supernatural world hidden--at any cost. But on the eve of the Vampire Trials, a two-day tribunal that allows the otherworldly community to air their grievances, Scarlett receives a blood-soaked message from Molly, her estranged former roommate. Molly, a vampire, had been living with twelve human college students...and in one terrible night, she slaughtered them all. Scarlett believes Molly's been set up, but no one else in the Old World agrees with her. Meanwhile, the true perpetrator is determined to make sure Molly goes on trial for the massacre--and the penalty is death. With less than two days to prove her friend's innocence, Scarlett calls on former LAPD detective Jesse Cruz to help her dig into Molly's past. But no one--Molly included--wants Scarlett and Jesse to bring the terrible truth to light.

Actions have consequences--a lesson Scarlett Bernard is learning the hard way. As a "null," Scarlett has always been able to negate the powers of the supernatural beings that surround her. But now her reckless decision to permanently change Eli from a werewolf to a human has left the Los Angeles werewolf pack in shambles, and upset the balance of power among the city's supernatural factions. To make matters worse, Scarlett's employers discover that a newly changed werewolf is running amok in the city. To catch the rogue werewolf, Scarlett will need help from both Eli and Detective Jesse Cruz of the LAPD...a situation that will force her to finally choose between them. However, Scarlett and her friends aren't the only ones on the hunt--someone else is chasing the wolf. Someone with no reservations about collateral damage. Now Scarlett and her allies must stop both the rogue wolf and the deadly hunter before the full moon rises and all hell breaks loose. Filled with the same suspense and wit readers loved in Dead Spots and Trail of Dead, this may be Scarlett Bernard's most harrowing adventure yet....

Scarlett Bernard weiß alles über persönlichen Freiraum: Tritt man näher als drei Meter an sie heran, werden alle übernatürlichen Zauber oder dämonischen Kräfte augenblicklich aufgehoben – Vampire und Werwölfe werden wieder zu Menschen, und Hexen bekommen gerade mal ein »Hokuspokus« heraus. Dank dieser besonderen Eigenschaft ist sie ein Neutrum und sehr wertvoll für die drei mächtigsten magischen Gemeinschaften in Los Angeles. Sie nutzen ihre Fähigkeit, um Tatorte von allen paranormalen Spuren zu säubern und die Menschheit – und die Polizei von Los Angeles – im Dunkeln zu lassen. Aber eines Nachts kommt Scarlett erst spät zum Tatort eines grausamen Mordes und fliegt auf, woraufhin der Polizist Jesse Cruz sie ausfindig macht und einen Handel mit ihr schließt: Er hält den Mund über die untote Unterwelt, wenn sie ihm hilft, den Fall zu lösen. Ihr Pakt stößt auf den Widerstand von Dash, dem obersten Blutsauger der Stadt, der befürchtet, dass sein gesamtes Vampirimperium auf dem Spiel steht. Und als sich die Hinweise auf Scarlett als Täterin verdichten, wird sie mehr als ihre einzigartigen Kräfte brauchen, um den wahren Mörder zu fassen und ihren Namen reinzuwaschen.