Badge of the Dead — Terry M. West

Trapped in the limbo between life and death, Detective Nick Thomas grapples with an unwavering sense of duty and a ravenous appetite for human flesh. In Badge of the Dead, a gripping novelette within the Night Things series, the lines blur between the obligations of the living and the sinister cravings of the undead.Imagine a world just like yours with one startling difference: every monster of legend has stepped forward from the shadow and now exists shoulder to shoulder with humankind! Welcome to the Magic Now! New York City has become a macabre melting pot. Vampires, werewolves, zombies and ghouls are now the new immigrants and they are chasing the American dream. The Night Things have become part of the system. But there are those who fear the monsters are ticking time bombs.Badge of the Dead takes place between the books Heroin in the Magic Now and Dracula vs Frankenstein.