Este Holland

Deacon and the Dead Este Holland

Loyal ghost sidekick. Too many psychics. A bathtub full of blood.
They both want more, but should they risk their partnership?
Deacon Stone is a damn good Inquiry-Detective for the Metis Guild of Law. His methods may be a secret, but he gets the job done.
When a mayor's son goes missing, all Deacon and his best friend and partner Kota have to go on is a bathtub full of blood, a psychic twin brother, and a ghost who's hiding something.
With old friends in trouble, emotions run high and mistakes are made. What should have been a routine missing-person inquiry, soon becomes shrouded in betrayal. Deacon and the Dead is a friends-to-lovers, m/m romance, sci-fi/fantasy, police procedural. 71,000 words, HFN, small cliffhanger.