Night Beats: Penny for Your Thoughts
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(Book 2) When a monster murders another monster, the NCPD is called in to find out if it was a crime of hate, or something more insidious. As a vampire working for the police department, Lilith walks between two worlds, balancing the importance of doing her job well, but never too well. But when she stumbles into a case that might involve a plot perpetrated by her own kind, her decision to call on an old flame may well set them all on fire.
Content Warnings: Moderate, very occasional violence/gore, course language, death, murder, claustrophobia
Word Count: 40,000
The sequel to: Ghost in the Vending Machine, and a more in-depth dive in the world of vampires.
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When a woman is found murdered on a construction site, the Night City cryptid unit teams up with a ghost to catch a monster before it kills again. But behind the cameras, the cast and crew butt heads when pranks go too far, and signals get crossed.
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