By Ruth de Jauregui

Crime meets urban fantasy in a new murder mystery series that features Homicide Detective Juanita Bitter as she navigates the politics, mayhem and murder that affect the diverse world of a Sacramento that's down the street, around the corner, and one dimension over from our "real" lives. Shadows slink through the night in Alkali Flat as Bitter investigates murders most foul. When the sun goes down, the strange, exotic, and magical emerges in Bitter's Sacramento. And if something hisses at her from a dark alley, it may not be a stray cat... "Bitter" begins with the short story, "Bitter Blood" that introduces the main characters as Bitter investigates a headless body. "Bitter Nights" continues when a Dispatcher's body is found in the stairwell of the police department. Bitter is forced into a case where everyone is a suspect—especially her fellow officers. Worse, that same Dispatcher had managed to put Bitter in the hospital a few days earlier… Book two, "Bitter Sins" takes Bitter to Las Vegas. Murder, monsters, and a decades old mystery lead Bitter through a case in and under Sin City – and what happens in Las Vegas doesn't always stay in Las Vegas.