From Legend by Ian Lewis

A brooding crimefighter and a teenage vigilante find their purposes entwined after a suspicious death in From Legend by Ian Lewis, a gritty urban mystery in a reimagined fantasy world. The method of the murder suggests a more sinister enemy than suicide – a merciless force of evil long thought vanquished, but perhaps instead has been waiting, scheming, and rebuilding its vicious power. Richly dripping in lyrical language and the ominous aura of a gothic horror, this first book in The Reeve series is a masterclass in world-building and mood-setting, elevated further by a thrilling but deeply haunted hero, and the scope of an epic fantasy.