Detecting Magic with Dick Hunter — A. Jarrell Hayes

What begins as a routine missing person case for Seattle's best private investigator, Dick Hunter, turns into a personal vendetta against a cruel murderer. The murderer happens to be a hell spawn possessing powerful magic. In order to solve the case and avenge a death, Dick Hunter has to take a crash course in magic from the angelic Amie, and gather magical animal familiars in this witty and fast-paced tale.