Vampire Detectives - DeAngela Lewis

In a city where secrets don't stay buried, Detective Evelyn Mercer is used to chasing killers-but nothing prepares her for the cases that don't follow the rules of the living.

When a string of ritualistic murders begins to surface, each more disturbing than the last, Evelyn is pulled into a world she never believed existed. Her only ally is Lucien Vale-a mysterious, controlled, and dangerously guarded detective with secrets of his own.

But Lucien isn't just hiding the truth.

He is the truth.

As the bodies pile up and the line between reality and something far darker begins to fracture, Evelyn discovers the existence of the Pale Gate-a threshold between worlds that was never meant to open again.

Something is trying to break through.

Something that can wear faces.
Something that learns.
Something that remembers.

And it's already closer than they think.

With a powerful girl tied to the gate, a past Lucien can't outrun, and a connection between them that neither can ignore, Evelyn is forced to face an impossible choice:

Trust the man who might be the key to saving everything...
or the one thing that could destroy it all.

The Vampire Detectives is a dark, gripping supernatural thriller filled with mystery, tension, and a slow-burn connection that turns survival into something far more dangerous.

Because some doors don't just open.

They wait.