Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator series

## Genre Information

Urban Fantasy
Paranormal Romance

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## About the Series

* **Genres:** Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Cozy \ Romance
* **Theme:** The new Millennium and paranormals are reveled - witches, werewolves, vampires
* **Narrative style**: First person narrative told by Delilah Street, protagonist.

## Series Description

At the dawn of the new millennium everyone was concerned with the threat of Y2K. Instead of computers crashing worldwide however, vampires and other so-called mythical creatures stepped out of the shadows and into the spotlight.

## Books in Series

**Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator**:

1. Dancing with Werewolves (Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator Book 1) (2007)
2. Brimstone Kiss (Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator Book 2) (2008)
3. Vampire Sunrise (Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator Book 3) (2009)
4. Silver Zombie (Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator Book 4) (2010)
5. Virtual Virgin (Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator Book 5) (2011)

#### Shorts, Anthologies and Guides

* 5.1. "Outside the Box" in *Hex Appeal* (2012) ~ Anthology
* Snow Job (2012) in *Hex Appeal* - Anthology (Meet the *Invisible Man*)
* Neon Noir (2014) (Anthology)
	+ Meet Me, Delilah Street (see below)
	+ 2.5 *Bogieman*: A Delilah Street Story with Humphrey Bogart. Originally published in *Unusual Suspects: Stories of Mystery & Fantasy* (2008)
	+ *Butterfly Kiss*: Midnight Louie and Delilah Street novella with Midnight Louie, feline PI
	+ *Monster Mash*: A Delilah Street novella with the Lon Chaney acting family. Originally published in *Chicks Kick Butt* (2013) ~ Anthology

## World Building

### Settings

* Las Vegas, Nevada
* Wichita, Kansas

### Fantasy Elements

Witches, magic mirror-walking, magical wolfhound, witches, werewolves, vampires, demons, zombies, CinSims, necromancer, powers related to silver, female robot, doppelgängers, resurrection–reanimation, vampire and werewolf mobs, gates of Hell, mummy-pharaohs, Lip Venom, skeleton lovers, shape-changing jewelry, pack of hyenas, weather witch, supernatural monster,

* **CinSims**: Cinematic Simulations— are a result of a merging of zombies with classic film stars brought back to "life" to serve whoever purchases their bodies;
* **Mirror Walking**: ability to pas through to the "other side"
* **Millennium Revelation**: when supes came out to the world
* **Dolly**: Delilah's '56 black Cadillac— red leather interior, a white ragtop
* **Mummies**: pharaohs/mummies were vampires
* **Immortality Mob**: resurrects the dead and imprints black-and-white filmscreen actors onto the zombies

### Protagonist

Delilah Street
Delilah begins the series mostly human, but she soon begins to develop powers related to silver (thus, the mirror walking, since mirrors are backed with silver). As Delilah says, "Reflective surfaces had been my friend since I'd come to las Vegas in search of my roots. If it shone, glittered, and reflected, I'd always been able to pass through, even if I'd reach the other side bleary and confused. And Vegas had been built on shine, glitter, and glitz." (Virtual Virgin, p. 70)
She moves to Las Vegas primarily to find a woman (Lilith Quince) who seemingly is her identical twin. She saw the girl on a TV show called CSI, but this isn't the CSI currently on television in our world. Delilah explains: "Lilith supposedly was one of the TV series' actual corpses, who kill themselves for the immortality of being taped during their autopsy on the number one show in the world." (Virtual Virgin, p. 110) Lilith, however, is not dead, and Delilah is determined to get to know her better and to discover just what their relationship is.
During the time that supernatural creatures stepped out to the world, Delilah was growing up in the custody of the state. She was found as an infant and was named after the street she was found on–Delilah. Mystery is, there are no “Delilah” streets in Wichita. Her pale skin attracts vampires like a magnet and Delilah spent most of her traumatizing childhood trying to avoid becoming someone’s dinner. Now, years later Delilah is an investigative reporter working the paranormal beat on the television station, WTCH TV, in Wichita, KS. She has a Lhasa Apso named Achilles, is dating the vampire anchorman of her television station.
Paranormal investigator. An un-adopted orphan from Wichita, Kansas, who sees her double as a corpse on CSI: Las Vegas and goes to what has become Supernatural Sin City to track her down.
DELILAH STREET, PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR

* Birthdate: April 1
* Sign: Gemini with Virgo rising
* City: Las Vegas by way of Wichita, Kansas
* Mood: A little witchy
* Music: “Taking Care of Business”

## Book Descriptions

*Dancing with Werewolves* (2007)
It was the revelation of the millennium: witches, werewolves, vampires and other supernaturals are real. Fast-forward 13 years: TV reporter Delilah Street used to cover the small-town bogeyman beat back in Kansas, but now, in high-octane Las Vegas—which is run by a werewolf mob—she finds herself holding back the 'gates of Hell itself. But at least she has a hot new guy and one big bad wolfhound to help her out.
*Brimstone Kiss* (2008)
Delilah and her partner—tall, dark, handsome, and Hispanic ex-FBI guy Ric Montoya—are busy solving a 'Romeo and Juliet' double-murder and she's got plenty more to deal with: vampires, werewolves, and tigers, oh my!
*Vampire Sunrise* (2009)
Werewolf mobsters and vampires run Vegas, but that's yesterday's news for Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator**.** What's truly fearsome is her bloody discovery of an undead evil rooted in ancient Egypt. Now, with her lover Ric fighting for life after a grim battle, the chips are down. But Delilah is a born winner who has never let a little danger throw off her game, and she's been learning fast since she came to Sin City. Her affinity for silver is making mirror-walking a real breeze, and being forced to accept the albino rock star sorcerer, Snow's Brimstone Kiss has ramped up her powers to a startling new level. With the help of her trusty uber-wolfhound Quicksilver, not to mention the orange demon parking valet Manny, Delilah is determined to solve even more paranormal secrets, and hopefully save the few innocents left in town. But can Delilah win her high-stakes gamble for life and love against ancient gods and lethal supernatural odds?
*Silver Zombie* (2010)
Zombies and Witches and Vamps . . . Oh, My! What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas—at least that’s Delilah Street’s hope. With Sin City’s vampire and werewolf mobs wanting to cash in her chips once and for all, she’s retreating with her partner Ric Montoya and half-wolfhound Quicksilver to her Kansas birthplace. Unfortunately, when it comes to finding trouble, there’s no place like home. . . . It doesn’t take long before Delilah realizes she’s not in Vegas anymore. Zombie cowboys and spectral cattle drives are kicking up dust, the local weather girls are total witches who forecast perfect storms, and some Hollywood fanatic is recasting zombies as the greatest stars of the silver screen. And speaking of silver, Delilah’s special affinity for the all-purpose monster-repellent leads her posse straight down a silver brick road—and into a not so-fun house of mirrors—putting her face-to-face with her dicey past and a mystery woman named Lilith, who’s a real dead ringer for Delilah. The key word being dead.
*Virtual Virgin* (2011)
She’s Like a Virgin . . . Simulated for the Very First Time.
For a red-blooded male, Las Vegas offers a virtual smorgasbord of temptation: sexy showgirls, vampy vampires, zombie starlets, you name it. But paranormal investigator Delilah Street isn’t worried about losing her man to these vixens. Especially when the one woman with a soft spot for the guy also has a hard-shelled exterior. . . . She’s a robot—or a CinSim, to be exact—a near-perfect simulation of the silver-metal robot Maria from the classic science fiction movie Metropolis. Part innocent teenage actress, part depraved sex goddess, the new Maria is hooked on Delilah’s partner, Ric, who raised her from the dead. She also happens to be the perfect secret weapon for a demonic drug lord. Which could be one hell of a problem. Delilah’s not the jealous type, but this tin-can temptress must be stopped—even if it forces Delilah to forge a dangerous alliance with her wicked mirror-twin, Lilith. If robo-girl goes ballistic, every player in Vegas loses. . .
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Symposium
2. ↑ Fang-tastic
3. ↑ Shelfari
4. ↑ Douglas, Carole Nelson (2014-08-11T23:58:59). Neon Noir: A Delilah Street Paranormal Investigator Anthology . Wishlist Publishing. Kindle Edition.