A Murder of Mages

A Murder of Mages is a 2015 novel written by Marshall Ryan Maresca, and is the first book in the Maradaine Constabulary series, and the second book released in the overall Maradaine Sequence.

Description
Satrine Rainey—former street rat, ex-spy, mother of two, and wife to a Constabulary Inspector who lies on the edge of death, injured in the line of duty—has been forced to fake her way into the post of Constabulary Inspector to support her family.

Minox Welling is a brilliant, unorthodox Inspector and an Uncircled mage—almost a crime in itself. Nicknamed “the jinx” because of the misfortunes that seem to befall anyone around him, Minox has been partnered with Satrine because no one else will work with either of them.

Their first case together—the ritual murder of a Circled mage— sends Satrine back to the streets she grew up on and brings Minox face-to-face with mage politics he’s desperate to avoid. As the body count rises, Satrine and Minox must race to catch the killer before their own secrets are exposed and they, too, become targets.

Characters
Maradaine Constabulary Mages Other
 * Minox Welling
 * Satrine Rainey
 * Corrie Welling
 * Nyla Pyle
 * Henfir Mirrell
 * Darreck Kellman
 * Commissioner Wendt Enbrain
 * Captain Brace Cinellan
 * Corrupt Constabulary
 * Lieutenant Haimen, ranking day shift footpatrol officer
 * Iorrett
 * Leckly
 * Kelsey, night horsepatrol
 * Circle of Light and Stone
 * Wells Harleydale
 * Firewings
 * Hessen Tomar
 * Jaelia Tomar
 * Missus Abernand
 * Sister Alana, St. Limarre's Church
 * Nerrish Plum
 * Idre Hoffer
 * Joshea Brondar
 * Major Altom Dresser (Druth Intelligence)