The Red Heart of Jade (Dirk & Steele, Book 3)

The grisly murders are just the beginning. Dean Campbell, ex-cop and clairvoyant, is sent to investigate. He is with the Dirk & Steele Detective Agency, that global association of more-than-human men and women. Shapeshifters, psychics and other paranormals, Dean and his peers are devoted to protecting life. But there are those who live to destroy. In Taipei, he finds the remains of burned-alive men and women, bits of bone and ash, that reveal a pattern far more deadly than any he has foreseen. Someone knows DeanвЂTMs secret. And they know more—of a power that can change the world, and of a woman who can complete him: Mirabelle Lee, the childhood sweetheart heвЂTMd once thought dead. Now, all that remains was blinding light and searing pain, potent passion and a purifying fire. And beneath it all is…The Red Heart of Jade. "The grisly murders were just the beginning. Dean Campbell, ex-cop and clairvoyant, was sent to investigate. He was with the Dirk & Steele Detective Agency, that global association of more-than-human men and women who quietly fought for good in a world of fear and loathing. Shapeshifters, psychics and other paranormals, Dean and his peers were devoted to protecting life. But there were those who lived to destroy, as was becoming all too clear. In Taipei, he found a shocking truth. The remains of those burned-alive men and women, those bits of bone and ash, revealed a pattern far more deadly than any he had foreseen, a pattern heralding immortal evil. Someone knew Dean's secret, the secrets of his friends. And they knew more--of a power that could change the world, that was impossible to escape, and of a woman who could complete him: Mirabelle Lee, the childhood sweetheart he'd once thought dead. Now, all that remained was blinding light and searing pain, potent passion and a purifying fire. And beneath it all was...the red heart of Jade."--Back cover Imagine a world where magic rubs elbows with science, where men and women with supernatural powers secretly risk their lives to help others. It is a world where one right turn can deliver a mystery that will change your life forever, a world of shape-shifters, immortal magicians, criminal underworlds run by powerful psychics -- intrigue, mystery, and romance. The saga continues in THE RED HEART OF JADE as Dean Campbell -- clairvoyant, dangerous, and irreverent -- finds himself hot on the trail of a murderer who is part of an ancient hunt for power, a hunt that has only one outcome: death or destruction. And at the heart of that hunt -- both prize and mystery -- is a women who died in Dean's arms twenty years earlier: Mirabelle Lee, childhood sweetheart and the love of his life. Together, alive and reunited, Dean and Miri are forced to rely on each other -- and the strength of their enduring love -- as they race to unravel the mystery that threatens not only their lives, but the entire world. The grisly murders were just a beginning. Dean Campbell, ex-cop and clairvoyant, was sent to investigate. He was with the Dirk & Steele Detective Agency, that global association of more-than-human men and women who quietly fought for good in a world of fear and loathing. Shapeshifters, psychics and other paranormals, Dean and his peers were devoted to protecting life. But in Taipei, he found a shocking truth. The remains of the burned-alive men and women revealed a pattern far more deadly than any he had foreseen While investigating several murders in Taipei, Dean Campbell, an ex-cop and a clairvoyant who works for a global agency that protects humankind, encounters Mirabelle Lee, the childhood sweetheart he believed to be dead, and finds an ally in a war against the evil ancient immortals When he is sent by Dirk & Steele to investigate several murders in Tapei, Dean Campbell finds himself embroiled in an ancient game of immortals--a game in which he and the stunning Mirabelle Lee are both players and the prize.