David Bussell has 18 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators. The most-rated is London Coven.
Spectral Detective
Summary
What happens when an exorcist who spent a lifetime banishing ghosts gets murdered and becomes one? When Jake Fletcher died, he discovered a horrible truth: the method he was using to send souls to the afterlife wasn’t sending them to a better place.... It was obliterating them. To atone for his mortal sins, he becomes a spectral detective, a phantom PI who helps restless spirits depart the earthly plane by bringing their killers to justice. His latest job is no open-and-shut case though. The ghost of a dead woman needs his help to pass on to the other side, but for that to happen, Jake will have to defeat a demon. Does he have what it takes to send this killer back to hell, or is another soul about to be lost forever? Mystery, scares, and the paranormal collide in this bizarre noir. Fans of Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files will love this pause-resisting detective story with a supernatural twist. Note: All the audiobooks in the Spectral Detective series can be listened to as stand-alone novels. This audiobook was originally titled Fresh Hell as part of the Ghosted series.
©2018 David Bussell & M.V. Stott (P)2018 David Bussell & M.V. Stott
Familiar Magic - An Uncanny Kingdom Urban Fantasy
Summary
Three butchered witches. An unknown killer. One big mistake: they left the familiar alive. Stella Familiar was created by the London Coven to protect the city from the monsters that lurk in the shadows. She’s fought against the darkness for decades, but now something new has come to town. Something that’s torn her world apart. This monster did the impossible: it murdered the three most powerful witches in London, putting the city in peril, and leaving Stella alone for the first time to fight back against a power she doesn’t understand. An evil beyond anything she can imagine is loose; something with the power to crush her like a bug...and it’s back to finish what it started. Does Stella have what it takes to defeat a threat this powerful, or will the creature of her nightmares snuff out the Coven for good? Mystery, scares, and fast-paced action collide in this thrilling urban fantasy series. Listen to Familiar Magic now for an addictive tale of magic and mayhem you cannot pause.
©2017 Matthew Stott & David Bussell (P)2019 Matthew Stott & David Bussell
Hexed Detective: An Urban Fantasy
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Detective Rita Hobbes’ life has been mysteriously erased, and her day isn’t about to get any better. All Rita wants is to abandon dreary Blackpool and start over somewhere new. But when she triggers a magical hex that renders her invisible and traps her in her hometown, escape seems impossible. Rita soon finds that Blackpool has some hidden secrets: magical artifacts fashioned in heaven, a fallen angel buried beneath the sea in a glass prison, and living nightmares in fine suits and animal masks that can turn your mind to soup. Thrust into a world she doesn’t understand, Rita finds herself trying to solve a case that by any sane measure is unsolvable. Worse still, the only person she can turn to for help is a self-confessed liar, cheat, and - according to him - the future king of Great Britain. Listen to Hexed Detective and discover a magical, pause-resisting urban fantasy you cannot put down. Like Neil Gaiman? Then you’ll love Hexed Detective.
©2019 David Bussell and Matthew Stott (P)2019 David Bussell and Matthew Stott
Bad Memories
Summary
The endgame is here. Trust will be broken. Lives will be cut short. When Erin Banks was nine years old, her whole life was capsized. Her baby brother was abducted by a mysterious man with burning red eyes, and her family torn apart. Since that day, Erin has sworn to discover what happened to her brother and reap bloody vengeance on his kidnapper. To ready herself for the fight, she thrust herself into the world that exists alongside our world, the hidden realm of magic and monsters known as the Uncanny Kingdom. It was there that she acquired her Uncanny Ink: tattoos infused with magic that make her stronger, faster, fit to operate in a city overrun with inhuman gangsters and vile demon-spawn. Now, at long last, Erin has the Red-Eyed Man in her sights. Taking him on won’t be a one-person job, she knows that, but can she overcome her trust issues and accept the help of another despite her lack of faith? And why is it all coming together now? So many years of nothing, and suddenly, from out of nowhere, her enemy chooses to make himself known? It stinks, but what choice does she have but to follow her nose? The memory of the Red-Eyed Man is a piece of shrapnel that Erin has had lodged in her brain since the day he took her brother. Will facing him allow her to dig that shard out and heal, or will pulling it free be the death of her? Magic, scares, and acid-tongued snark collide in this thrilling urban fantasy series set in the Uncanny Kingdom. Buried secrets and whiplash twists will keep you riding the edge of your seat. Listen to Bad Memories now for a pulse-pounding tale you won’t be able to put on pause.
©2019 David Bussell and M.V. Stott (P)2020 David Bussell and M.V. Stott
Bad Soul
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Promises, rules, bones; Erin Banks will break them all. Unscrupulous and lethal, Erin has everything she needs to be an assassin in a world full of mobsters, monsters, and magic. She wasn’t born with powers, but thanks to her Uncanny Ink - arcane tattoos that transform her body into a magic-fueled killing machine - she’s more than a match for anyone dumb enough to stand between her and getting paid. Fresh out of prison, Erin wastes no time getting back to what she does best: running down wanted men and claiming their bounties. But when a powerful demon lurking in a black cathedral hires her to round up an errant soul, the creature offers a reward far more valuable than money.... He offers Erin the key to unlocking her tragic past. The key to the mystery surrounding her long-lost brother. Magic, scares, and acid-tongued snark collide in this thrilling urban fantasy series set in the Uncanny Kingdom. Buried secrets and whiplash twists will keep you riding the edge of your seat. Listen to Bad Soul now for a pulse-pounding tale you won’t be able to pause.
©2018 David Bussell & Matthew Stott (P)2019 David Bussell & Matthew Stott
Bad Justice (An Uncanny Kingdom Urban Fantasy)
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Demon or angel, sinner or saint, if the price is right, Erin Banks will take you down. When it comes to killing hell spawn and unholy monsters, Erin has free reign. For other killings, there are rules. Those contracts are called lawfully sanctioned murders. Yep, that’s a thing. In Erin’s world, the rules are different. According to the Uncanny Court of Brighton, a legitimate tactic for winning a trial is to murder the opposition’s witnesses, and that’s just what Erin intends to do. Hey, she didn’t write the rules, okay? Hired by defense lawyers to silence three witnesses whose testimony will almost certainly send their very guilty client to prison, Erin quickly discovers that she’s not the only killer working the case. Two other assassins are out there trying to claim her bounties, which is bad enough, but when one of them turns out to be her ex, and the other thinks killing Erin is the best way to come out on top, things swiftly go from bad to worse to absolutely lethal. Magic, scares, and acid-tongued snark collide in this thrilling urban fantasy series set in the Uncanny Kingdom. Buried secrets and whiplash twists will keep you riding the edge of your seat. Listen to Bad Justice now for a pulse-pounding tale you won’t be able to hit pause on.
©2019 David Bussell, M.V. Stott (P)2019 David Bussell, M.V. Stott
Bad Blood: An Uncanny Kingdom Urban Fantasy
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If Erin Banks has a moral code, you’d need an Enigma machine to crack it. So it’s no surprise when she signs a contract with the city’s most powerful crime syndicate, the Galoffi family; an incestuous brother and sister who run their operation as man and wife. The crown prince of the Galoffi family has been kidnapped, and Erin is tasked with getting him back. The only problem: the list of potential suspects is longer than a polar night, and body parts are already showing up in the mail. Someone snatched the heir to the Galoffi fortune, and whoever they are, whatever they are, they’re not asking for ransom money. So why did they do it, and what do they want in return? There’s something else bothering Erin too, and it’s the reason she took the job in the first place. The eye-witness description of the kidnapper is a match for the mysterious Red-Eyed Man who stole away her baby brother. Is this it? Is Erin finally about to find out what happened to her missing brother, and if she does, will she be able to live with the truth? Magic, scares, and acid-tongued snark collide in this thrilling urban fantasy series set in the Uncanny Kingdom. Buried secrets and whiplash twists will keep you riding the edge of your seat. Listen to Bad Blood now for a pulse-pounding tale you won’t be able to hit pause on.
©2018 David Bussell & Matthew Stott (P)2019 David Bussell & Matthew Stott
Bad Intention (An Uncanny Kingdom Urban Fantasy)
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It doesn’t matter whether you’re a diabolical demon, a wicked witch, or a vicious vampire. If Erin Banks has you in her sights, you’d better start running. At least, that’s the way things worked before some lunatic abducted her cousin. When Lana is stolen away in the middle of the night, it’s Erin’s turn to start running. To rescue the only family she has, the one lingering thread that connects her to the everyday world. Without Lana, all Erin has left are monsters and murder, and she’s not about to let that happen. To rescue her cousin, Erin must embark on a grim scavenger hunt, scooping up clues all over town. Miss one checkpoint and Lana’s kidnapper guarantees his victim an extremely violent end. Can Erin win the mystery abductor’s wicked game? Because if she can’t, it won’t just be her cousin she loses. She’ll lose herself. Magic, scares, and acid-tongued snark collide in this thrilling urban fantasy series set in the Uncanny Kingdom. Buried secrets and whiplash twists will keep you riding the edge of your seat. Listen to Bad Intention now for a pulse-pounding tale you won’t be able to put down.
©2019 David Bussell, M.V. Stott (P)2019 David Bussell, M.V. Stott
Twice Damned: An Uncanny Kingdom Urban Fantasy
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All Jake wants is to buy his way into Heaven, so why is he about to walk into Hell? Ever since Jake became a ghost he’s made a career out of solving London’s grisliest murders and helping fellow phantoms pass on to the other side. This case is about to lead him into some unfamiliar territory though.... Some very unfamiliar territory. The person Jake’s helping this time has already passed on, and when he did, he went south. A Faustian pact landed Jake’s client in Hell, and the only way to get him home is to perform an inter-dimensional jailbreak. Rescuing a lost soul from damnation promises to be the most dangerous undertaking of Jake’s career. Can he pull him out of Hell, and himself too, or is the Devil about to claim a new soul? Mystery, scares, and the paranormal collide in this bizarre noir. Fans of Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files will love this pause-resisting detective story with a supernatural twist. Note: All of the books in the Spectral Detective series can be listened to as standalone novels.
©2017 David Bussell (P)2018 David Bussell
Uncanny Ink: Books 1-3
Summary
Promises, rules, bones; Erin Banks will break them all. Unscrupulous and lethal, Erin has everything she needs to be an assassin in a world full of mobsters, monsters, and magic. She wasn’t born with powers, but thanks to her Uncanny Ink - arcane tattoos that transform her body into a magic-fuelled killing machine - she’s more than a match for anyone dumb enough to stand between her and getting paid. Fresh out of prison, Erin wastes no time getting back to what she does best: running down wanted men and claiming their bounties. But when a powerful demon lurking in a black cathedral hires her to round up an errant soul, the creature offers a reward far more valuable than money.... He offers Erin the key to unlocking her tragic past. The key to the mystery surrounding her long-lost brother. Magic, scares, and acid-tongued snark collide in this thrilling urban fantasy series set in the Uncanny Kingdom. Buried secrets and whiplash twists will keep you riding the edge of your seat. Listen to Uncanny Ink, Books 1-3 now for a pulse-pounding tale you won’t be able to put down. This collection combines the first three books in the Uncanny Ink series: Bad Soul Bad Blood Bad Justice
©2019 David Bussell & M.V. Stott (P)2019 David Bussell & M.V. Stott
Necessary Evil
Summary
For Jake Fletcher, the end was just the beginning. Cursed to wander the streets of London as a ghost, the only way he can earn his spot in the afterlife is to atone for his mortal sins. And so, he becomes a spectral detective - a phantom PI who helps restless spirits depart the earthly plane by bringing their killers to justice. When a mutilated body is discovered with wounds matching the first victim of Jack the Ripper, the police realize that they have a copycat killer on their hands, and Jake sees an opportunity to even out his balance sheet. But while he’s busy chasing down the killer, someone from Jake’s old life resurfaces. Someone who wants to make use of his talents in a way that definitely won’t curry favor with him upstairs. Coerced into doing his bidding, Jake must maintain a delicate balancing act as he figures out a way to turn the tide on his blackmailer, while at the same time stopping the copycat from attaining the Ripper’s “canonical five” kills. Will Jake earn his just reward, or will he topple even deeper into the twilight world between life and death? Mystery, macabre, and caustic wit collide in this bizarre noir. Fans of Ben Aaronovitch, Mike Carey, and Benedict Jacka will love this thrilling detective story with a paranormal twist.
©2019 David Bussell & M.V. Stott (P)2020 David Bussell & M.V. Stott
Uncanny Ink: Books 4-6
Summary
The endgame is here. Trust will be broken. Lives will be cut short. When Erin Banks was nine years old, her whole life was capsized. Her baby brother was abducted by a mysterious man with burning, red eyes, and her family torn apart. Since that day, Erin has sworn to discover what happened to her brother and reap bloody vengeance on his kidnapper. To ready herself for the fight, she thrust herself into the world that exists alongside our world - the hidden realm of magic and monsters known as the Uncanny Kingdom. It was there that she acquired her uncanny ink: tattoos infused with magic that make her stronger, faster, fit to operate in a city overrun with inhuman gangsters and vile demon spawn. Now, at long last, Erin has the Red-Eyed Man in her sights. Taking him on won’t be a one-person job, she knows that, but can she overcome her trust issues and accept the help of others, despite her lack of faith? And why is it all coming together now? So many years of nothing, and suddenly, from out of nowhere, her enemy chooses to make himself known? It stinks, but what choice does she have but to follow her nose? The memory of the Red-Eyed Man is a piece of shrapnel that Erin has had lodged in her brain since the day he took her brother. Will facing him allow her to dig that shard out and heal, or will pulling it free be the death of her? Magic, scares, and acid-tongued snark collide in this thrilling urban fantasy series set in the Uncanny Kingdom. Buried secrets and whiplash twists will keep you riding the edge of your seat. Listen to Uncanny Ink: Books 4-6 now for a pulse-pounding tale you won’t be able to put down. This collection includes the following three books: Bad Intention Bad Thoughts Bad Memories Buy this three-book collected edition and save the cost of buying the volumes individually!
©2019 David Bussell & M.V. Stott (P)2020 David Bussell & M.V. Stott
Other London
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A secret city where magic went to hide. An ancient evil desperate to get inside. Once, there was magic in London, but when a monster made of hunger came to devour it all, the Uncanny were forced to abandon their home. And so they fled to Other London, a secret city adjacent to their own, and there they hid, barricaded and isolated from the rest of the world. For 200 years, the people of Other London have cowered behind closed doors. No one can get in, and no one can get out. Until, one day, the impossible happens: Someone from outside finds their way into the hidden city. Verity Adams has no magic in her - she doesn’t even believe in the stuff - so how on earth did she find herself in Other London? And could she be a sign that something much worse is about to follow her? Something the Uncanny thought they had locked out for good? Something that has been clawing at the door, hungry for magic, for two long centuries.... Get Other London now for an epic urban-fantasy series unlike anything you have heard before.
©2020 M.V. Stott & David Bussell (P)2020 M.V. Stott & David Bussell
Corpse Reviver: An Uncanny Kingdom Urban Fantasy
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When the dead start killing the living, the only person who can stop them is a man stuck halfway between. When Jake Fletcher died and became a ghost, he began a new life as a spectral detective - a phantom PI who helps the police solve cases beyond mortal comprehension. But when dead people start murdering the locals, even Jake is stumped. Jake soon learns that someone is reviving corpses and using them as assassins, but what twisted game is the puppet master is playing? Can Jake solve the riddle and bring the killer to justice, or is London about to be turned into a zombie bloodbath? Mystery, scares, and the paranormal collide in this bizarre noir. Fans of Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files will love this pause-resisting detective story with a supernatural twist. Note: All of the books in the Spectral Detective series can be listened to as stand-alone novels. This book was originally titled Something Rotten, as part of the Ghosted series.
©2018 David Bussell & M.V. Stott (P)2018 David Bussell & M.V. Stott
Fatal Moon (An Uncanny Kingdom Urban Fantasy)
Summary
Wizards are being murdered. Picked off and torn to shreds. It’s up to a hexed detective to crack the case. Detective Rita Hobbes has been cursed; erased from everyday reality and cast adrift in a world of magic and monsters. To the workaday world, Rita is a forgotten memory, which raises the question, what will she do with the rest of her life now? It’s only when the savaged body of a dead wizard is wheeled into the local morgue that Rita gets the answer to her question. She’s going to do what she always does. She’s going to be a detective. The Council of Wizards is terrified, innocent people are being transformed into monstrous beasts, and all clues point to a mysterious visitor with a bad habit of sinking her teeth into people. A werewolf with a century-long grudge is stalking the streets of Blackpool, a werewolf with magic so powerful she can affect the phases of the night sky. Can Rita bring the werewolf to justice and put an end to her vengeance, or will every night from this day forward be a fatal moon? Listen to Fatal Moon and enter a magical, pause-resisting urban fantasy you cannot put down. Like Neil Gaiman? Then you’ll love Fatal Moon.
©2018 M.V. Stott, David Bussell (P)2019 M.V. Stott, David Bussell
Bad Thoughts
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Tough as nails and sharp as barbed wire, Erin Banks has seen it all and kicked most of it in the teeth. Surely there can’t be anything left in the Uncanny Kingdom that scares her? The magical tattoos etched into Erin’s flesh give her strength, speed, and the ability to survive damage that would kill any normal person. But they come at a price. Wearing them is painful, and the deeper Erin buries herself in her work, the steeper the toll they take on her body and mind. Her friends tell her to rest, but how can she when the demonic Long Man is dangling another carrot in front of her, another clue to her brother’s disappearance? She’s so close. Erin has no choice but to do as the demon asks, power through the pain, and uncover the truth that’s haunted her all of her life. Only there’s another problem. A problem beyond the physical toll of her tattoos. When Erin was a child, she used to have nightmares about a monster called Uncle Scritch-Scratch. Just her childhood bogeyman, that’s all, he was never real. Except now she’s started to see him again, in the flesh, and he’s doing everything he can to scare her to death. Is Uncle Scritch-Scratch a figment of Erin’s fevered imagination? Is his sudden reappearance a consequence of her tattoos, warping not just her body but her mind, or is the bogeyman real after all? More to the point, will Erin survive long enough to find out, or will this be the monster that finally breaks her? Magic, scares, and acid-tongued snark collide in this thrilling urban fantasy series set in the Uncanny Kingdom. Buried secrets and whiplash twists will keep you riding the edge of your seat. Listen to Bad Thoughts now for a pulse-pounding tale you won’t be able to put down.
©2019 David Bussell & M. V. Stott (P)2020 David Bussell & M. V. Stott
Spectral Detective: A Three-Book Collection: An Uncanny Kingdom Urban Fantasy
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Now includes the Spectral Detective prequel mini-story, "Deathday." A ghost turned private investigator must rescue the souls of murder victims to atone for his mortal sins. Jake Fletcher is an ex-exorcist. No, that wasn’t a stutter. Once upon a time, he evicted ghosts for a living, at least until he got killed and became one. Now he works the streets as a phantom detective, offering his services to lost souls trapped between this world and the next. But will good deeds buy him a ticket to the Good Place, or is he destined to walk the earth as a phantom for all eternity? In the spirit of Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files, mystery, scares, and the paranormal collide in this bizarre noir. The Spectral Detective Three-Book Collection combines the first three books in the Spectral Detective series: Spectral Detective Corpse Reviver Twice Damned
©2017 David Bussell and M.V. Stott (P)2018 David Bussell and M.V. Stott
London Coven
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A witch’s familiar must protect London from the monsters that lurk in the shadows; the creatures that seek to unravel the fabric of things and send a city to hell. Stella Familiar was created by the London Coven out of spit and blood. She’s a fighter, a blunt instrument, built to destroy the forces of evil and keep peace in the capital. She’s carried out her duty for decades, but when the witches who gave birth to her are butchered, it’s up to her alone to save a city of nine million people. Mystery, scares, and fast-paced action collide in this thrilling urban fantasy. London Coven: A Three-Book Collection, combines the first three books in the London Coven series: Familiar Magic Nightmare Realm Deadly Portent
©2019 M.V. Stott, David Bussell (P)2019 M.V. Stott, David Bussell