J.L. Murray’s The Devil Is a Gentleman is the second book in the Niki Slobodian series. It is available now through Amazon.
Niki Slobodian thought she’d seen it all. She’s faced down all-powerful demons, sent escaped Hellions back where they came from, and, maybe most significantly, confronted her own notorious father, Alexei “Sasha” Slobodian. But when Congressman Frank Bradley, the poster boy for New Government, and the orchestrator of the loathed Registry knocks on her door, she becomes entangled in a new set of dangers. A mysterious organization is literally out for her blood, the unusual new police commissioner wants to involve Niki in her schemes, and new information makes Niki realize Sasha isn’t nearly as self-serving as she once thought. With her partner Bobby Gage, Niki finds out how little she really knows about the Slobodian family, and how alike she and her father really are.
Underneath it all is her inscrutable employer, Sam, who has his own plans for Niki’s future. A war between Heaven and Hell is brewing, and Sam seems to be right in the middle. He also seems to be a little too interested in Niki. And the ghosts are getting worse.
Coming out in September 2012: The Drills
The island of Capada used to be a peaceful idyllic place. People lived in harmony, kept sheep, and were successful traders. Until the day the Romulans came. Soldiers in strange uniforms took control of everything the Capadans held dear, and put their priestesses to death.
Now, something is happening to upset the tenuous balance of power that the Romulans have exerted these last ten years. A prophet has been executed on The Drills, her body apparently stolen. But gossip is spreading through the villages and cities of Capada: the prophet is dead, that is true enough, but not the lying-down kind. And she is raising an army of her own…of the undead variety.
