Thief, private investigator, shadow walker. When he stole from the wrong people, Lloyd Gibson was forced into hiding, returning to his hometown of Calgary, where he squats in an abandoned warehouse, taking odd jobs as a private investigator just to make ends meet. Without a licence or office, his primary clientele are the paranoid and delusional types who think ghosts exist or that pigeons are spying on them at the behest of their reptilian masters. It's arbitrary and boring, mind-numbing and frustrating, but it pays the bills.

His first genuine case arrived when Mireya Delgado called. As a fire investigator, she stumbled upon a series of unexplainable events that her superiors didn't want to know about. So, she found the dodgiest investigator in the city to get to the truth, embroiling him in an eighty-year conspiracy with deep connections to his own past.

Enter the Noctis with Lloyd as he discovers shady organizations, secret agents, and a literal Supervillain with a hot temper and a penchant for starting fires. However, Lloyd has his own superpower, and what lurks in the shadows may be the only thing that can put an end to the fiery rampage.

In Like Lloyd is a quick read at 29 chapters, roughly 300 pages in printed format. Contemporary fantasy/magical realism. It is the first novel of the upcoming series, The Noctis Investigations.

Content warning: course language, mild graphic violence.