Shadow's blade
(Book)

"Justis Fearsson is a weremyste and a private detective. He wields potent magic, but every month on the full moon he loses his mind which has cost him his job as a cop; he can't afford to let it interfere with his latest case. Phoenix has become ground zero in a magical war, and an army of werecreatures, blood sorcerers and necromancers has made Jay its number one target. When he is hired to track down a woman who has gone missing with her two young children, he has a hunch the dark ones are to blame. Butthen a police murder investigation implicates this same woman. Soon he is caught up in a deadly race to find not only the young family but also an ancient weapon that could prove decisive in the looming conflict"--,Provided by publisher.