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- ISBN 9781036706241
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 13 Aug 2026
- Publisher: Vinci Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A supernatural crime thriller with a soul-stealing Santa, winter ritual murders, and a case that puts a detective on the naughty list.
Santa knows when you’ve been bad or good. He just doesn’t care.
Detective Leery Oriscoe thought the holiday season would bring eggnog, parties, and maybe even a certain succubus standing under the mistletoe. Instead, he and his partner Dru Nogan catch a case involving bodies in the snow, ancient magic, and a very different kind of Kris Kringle.
A lich is any creature that achieves immortality through magic. Old Kris figured it out a long time ago.
It takes sacrifice.
And this year, he wants to sacrifice Leery.
With Christmas Eve closing in and a soul-stealing Santa loose in New York, Leery and Dru will need to survive the holidays long enough to Slay Fell Things.
Slay Fell Things is Book Nine in the Claw & Warder series, perfect for readers who love supernatural police procedurals, paranormal courtroom drama, sharp gallows humour, and urban fantasy in the vein of Jim Butcher and Ben Aaronovitch.
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Praise for the Claw & Warder series:
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great riff on Law and Order!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Love Law & Order? Read Claw and Warder!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fantastic beginning to a new series!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DUN-DUN! has never been more fun!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What do you do with Hasidic Werewolf Homicide Detective?
Erik Henry Vick is an author of dark speculative fiction who writes despite a disability caused by his Personal Monster™ (also known as an autoimmune disease.) He writes to hang on to the few remaining shreds of his sanity. He lives with his wife, Supergirl; their son; a Rottweiler named after a god of thunder; and two extremely psychotic cats. He fights his Personal Monster™ daily with humor, pain medicine, and funny T-shirts. Erik has a B.A. in Psychology, an M.S.C.S., and a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence. He has worked as a criminal investigator for a state agency, a college professor, a C.T.O. for an international software company, and a video game developer. He loves talking to his readers, so please email him at berserkerik@erikhenryvick.com--he tries to respond to everyone.
