The Crimson Cipher (Casimir’s Curse, Book One)

He sells youth to the desperate. Now he must answer for the dead.

Jack Casimir is living the high life behind smoked glass and marble floors in Beverly Hills. To the outside world, he's the most discreet and in-demand image consultant in Los Angeles—renowned for miraculous makeovers that defy time and science. But Jack's real talent lies in the shadows, wielding ancient necromantic arts under the euphemism of "vital restoration."

For years, he's walked the razor's edge—granting forbidden miracles to Hollywood's elite while keeping one step ahead of the law and his own haunted past. But when a string of strange murders rocks the city—each marked by unmistakable signs of necromantic tampering—Jack's anonymity vanishes. The Bureau comes knocking, and they're not asking.

Forced into a partnership with a government agency that once hunted people like him, Jack must help track down the killer before the body count climbs—and before the investigation turns its sights on him. But the deeper he digs, the clearer it becomes: these killings are connected to secrets he thought long-buried. And something—or someone—wants them unearthed.

Glamour. Ghosts. Government Black Ops.

In a city of illusions, the truth can kill.