The Centaur on the Stairs — Steve Vassey

Buck Hawthorne has an uncanny talent for finding things. So much so, the police along South Carolina's Grand Strand call him the Wizard of Ocean Boulevard.

A beautiful client appears at Buck's door in the midst of a tropical storm. Sent by the mother he thought long dead, Meadow wants him to save a twin brother he never knew--and the fate of another world hinges on his success. Delusional ravings? Her four legs and equine lower body lend her tale a certain credibility.