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Detective Joanna Walker, a Seattle policewoman with emerging shamanic abilities, has survived a cannibalistic serial killer and now faces her toughest case yet: attending a transformative dance concert with her boss, Captain Michael Morrison. The performance unexpectedly turns her into a coyote, forcing Walker to navigate supernatural challenges beneath her ordinary investigations. As homeless people vanish, a mysterious murder breaches her jurisdiction, and a full‑moon creature begins to stalk the streets, Walker must rely on both her law‑enforcement training and her growing spiritual gifts to unravel the deadly conspiracy that puts the city at risk.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: C.E. Murphy
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