- Moon called by Patricia Briggs
Like Harry Dresden, Mercy Thompson navigates a modern supernatural world where magic and investigation collide.
- Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
A London police constable discovers he can practice magic and joins investigations involving supernatural crimes.
- Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
A witch working as a supernatural bounty hunter takes on cases in a contemporary city full of magical beings.
- The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
A brilliant investigator and her assistant solve an impossible murder in a fantastical empire shaped by living biology.
- by Ilona Andrews
Mercenary Kate Daniels investigates a murder amid a volatile Atlanta where magic disrupts modern life.
- by Simon R. Green
A private investigator enters London's hidden supernatural district to pursue a dangerous case.
- by Mike Carey
Exorcist and investigator Felix Castor works cases involving ghosts and other uncanny forces in modern London.
- The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan
An imperial magistrate and his clerk investigate a murder that exposes dangerous political and supernatural forces.
- by Kevin Hearne
An ancient druid living in modern Arizona faces supernatural trouble with a mix of spellcraft and dry humor.
- by Charles Stross
A government computational demonologist investigates occult threats through a blend of procedural work and strange magic.
- by Tad Williams
A Los Angeles angel detective investigates a missing soul in a contemporary supernatural underworld.
- by Josiah Bancroft
A married pair of magical investigators take on a case that tests their talents and their partnership.
- The Rook by Daniel O'Malley
A woman with lost memories discovers she works for a secret British agency that handles supernatural dangers.
- by Luke Arnold
A hard-drinking investigator searches for a missing professor in a city where magic has abruptly vanished.
- The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes
An unassuming accountant's supernatural life leads into episodic cases involving a hidden community of monsters.
- The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
A weary former soldier becomes entangled in court intrigue where divine forces shape the fate of a kingdom.
- by J. Kathleen Cheney
A police inspector and a shape-shifting investigator pursue a killer in an alternate-history Lisbon.
- by Sergei Lukyanenko
A Moscow agent in a supernatural policing organization investigates threats within a hidden magical society.
- by Simon R. Green
A modern secret agent discovers his family legacy and is drawn into cases involving magic and hidden powers.
- City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
A diplomat investigates a scholar's murder in a city where the vanished gods may not be entirely gone.
- by Kate Griffin
A magician returns to London and investigates a web of occult forces threaded through the city.
- The City & The City by China Miéville
An inspector investigates a murder across two cities that occupy the same physical space but must remain separate.
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
An ordinary Londoner falls into a hidden magical city and must navigate its dangers to find his way back.
- Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Two supernatural outsiders form an uneasy connection while navigating the immigrant neighborhoods of turn-of-the-century New York.