Las Vegas is a city of ghosts. Not the kind that rattle chains in old mansions, but the kind that slip through the cracks—the ones who vanish without a trace, swallowed up by neon and vice. That’s what drew me to it as the setting for No Rest for the Wicked. Beneath the glitz and excess, there’s an undercurrent of mystery, a feeling that something dark is always lurking just out of sight.

When I set out to create Max West, I wanted a character with the toughness of an old-school detective, someone who could go toe-to-toe with criminals, conmen, and things most people don’t believe exist. I found inspiration in Spenser from Spenser for Hire—a man with his own code, rough around the edges but sharp as hell, charming when he needs to be and dangerous when the job calls for it. But while Spenser handled the streets, Max faces something even worse: the unknown.

And then there’s The X-Files—cheesy, sure, but always compelling. It made the paranormal feel like something just waiting to be uncovered, hidden in plain sight. That’s the vibe I wanted for No Rest for the Wicked—a world where ancient secrets, occult rituals, and forces beyond our understanding aren’t just stories. They’re real, they’re deadly, and Max is the one standing between them and the rest of us.

Max West is a private investigator in Las Vegas—a city where secrets are traded more than chips at the poker table. But Max isn't interested in your average cheating spouse or insurance scam; he chases the unexplained, the supernatural, and the downright terrifying. With a past that haunts him, including the mysterious deaths of his parents, Max is constantly digging for answers in the shadows. His closest allies include Jerome "The Saint" St. Pierre, a voodoo-influenced bail bondsman, and Detective Flip Ives, a skeptical cop who shares Max’s drive for justice. Together, they face ghosts, curses, and mysteries, but Max's biggest case is personal—the truth about his parents' deaths, a mystery that has haunted him for years.

If you enjoy supernatural detective stories, with a hardened investigator caught between the realms of belief and skepticism, Max West will take you on a ride through the eerie side of Las Vegas, where every case could be your last.

Max West, a paranormal detective in the neon-lit shadows of Las Vegas, finds himself entangled in the mystery of a missing girl—Mia Davenport. As he dives deeper into the investigation, he discovers that the Davenport family holds dark secrets tied to ancient bloodlines and rituals that go beyond wealth. What seemed like a simple missing person case quickly unravels into something far darker, as Max uncovers whispers of ritual sacrifice and deals made with powers that should never be disturbed. Mia had uncovered too much, and now Max is thrust into a world where the veil between the living and the dead is thinner than ever.

In No Rest for the Wicked, Max West must navigate a labyrinth of secrets and supernatural forces while facing a danger that’s closing in on him. With every twist, the darkness becomes more real—and more dangerous.

Dr. Evelyn Graves, a seasoned cryptozoologist and seasoned hunter, is used to tracking the supernatural, but she’s never faced anything like what’s terrorizing Ashwood, Maine. With livestock torn apart in a way that doesn’t fit the usual patterns of animal attacks, the locals whisper about a wendigo—a legendary creature of hunger and darkness. Evelyn, a skeptic of folklore but a believer in monsters, finds herself in a remote town, following a trail that leads into the woods, where shadows seem to move with a mind of their own.

As she hunts the creature, she uncovers more than she bargained for—multiple wendigos, something more terrifying than she could have imagined, and a chilling truth about the nature of the beast that has come to Ashwood.

In The Hunter in the Pines, Evelyn Graves will have to confront her own fears and abilities as she faces an ancient evil that isn’t afraid to hunt and play with its prey.

Claire Whitmore’s inheritance of Evergreen Hollow—a decaying Virginia estate with a dark past—soon reveals unsettling secrets. As a woman drawn to uncover mysteries, Claire doesn’t expect to find more than dust and fading memories when she arrives. But what she uncovers is far more disturbing. A ghostly woman in a riding habit, whispers in the wind, and the remnants of a tragic love story seem to haunt the estate. With each passing night, Claire becomes more entrenched in the story of Isabelle Montgomery and Nathaniel Quinn, a forbidden love cut short by the Civil War.

But as the eerie events intensify, Claire realizes that the restless spirits may have their eyes on her, too. Uncovering the truth of Evergreen Hollow’s dark history could be the only way to set things right, but it may come at a cost that Claire isn’t prepared to pay.

William Chance is an ordinary man adrift in a universe full of magic and extraordinary beings. With no past to anchor him, he’s made a living by acquiring magical objects—things he doesn’t want but is cursed to find. A reluctant hero in a world where magic brings chaos, Chance prefers the simplicity of a quiet drink at The Arcane Werehound, a dimly lit tavern run by a shapeshifting bartender named Al.

But when a mysterious man with the face of a bird walks in, claiming to know about Chance’s long-lost mother, he’s thrown into a web of danger he can’t escape. As a Council coin is tossed into the air, chaos unfolds, and Chance’s world shifts on its axis. With a bounty on his head and a past that threatens to catch up to him, William Chance must face a future that is far darker than he could ever have imagined.

Samuel Blake wakes up in an unfamiliar, cold metallic room with no memory of how he got there. His head is pounding, and his surroundings are filled with strange star charts and scattered notes, as well as a mysterious intercom system. As he tries to contact someone, he hears faint voices over the speakers, leading him to another person, Amy, who’s trapped in a similar situation. But as the conversation unfolds, a male voice interrupts with a chilling warning: "You shouldn’t be on the intercom. That’s how they find you."

Suddenly, the lights go out, and a monstrous cry echoes through the darkness, leaving Samuel and Amy in terror. What are they caught in? Who are "they"? And how much danger are they really in? With no clear answers and only each other to rely on, Samuel's search for a way out becomes more urgent as every moment grows darker.

In the still, isolating expanse of Greenland’s Arctic, where silence wraps around you like a thick blanket, a solitary woman who finds comfort in data and solitude finds herself on an unsettling assignment. Unfazed by her colleagues' discomfort with her, she embraces the quiet of the place—a silence so profound that she believes she can hear the Earth itself move.

But one day, that silence is broken by an unnerving high-pitched ringing in her ears, followed by a deafening void of sound. Then, a cry echoes through the frozen landscape—an animalistic, metallic scream that is followed by more cries of terror. The woman is plunged into a strange grayness, unable to see but forced to hear the screams of her colleagues, though she remains numb to everything else. Hours later, she’s left alone, with no trace of what had happened to her coworkers—no blood, no bodies, just silence.

Years later, she still lives in the camp, alone and at peace in her isolation. But the questions linger: What happened to the others? What did she experience? And is she truly alone?