A killer is leaving the bodies of magic users brutalized with stab wounds, but that is not the cause of death...Leading members of the Bay Area magical community are being murdered and the police have no clues. Private Investigator Gavin Wright is hired to solve the case before his client becomes the next victim. Using skills he gained while attached to the covert military group know as the Hoods, Gavin follows clues that lead to a forgotten form of magic that might be too powerful to stop.The first book in the Gavin Wright Chronicles, Shades of Murder, begins the story of one man's struggle to come to terms with his past, find a place to call home, and deal with a threat that could destroy it all.