Staring Down the Barrel of a Wand - Uncollected Anthology, #25

Jake had the wand. I had a grin. The grin was fake. The wand was all too real. Carlo Genovese, an honest private detective in love with the wrong woman. To help her, he'll brave magic and criminals, lies and betrayal, demons and necromancy. "Staring Down the Barrel of a Wand" - an exciting short story of hardboiled urban fantasy, featuring a clever hero with lots of attitude. From the twisted mind of Stefon Mears, author of the Spells for Hire series and the Rise of Magic series.