PsyCop Series by Jordan Castillo Price

4.09 · 333 ratings
  • Inside Out (PsyCop #0.1)
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    Inside Out (PsyCop #0.1)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 12 ratings · published 2011

    Bureaucracy can suck the fun out of anything, even a PsyCop meeting. Undaunted, Jacob Marks would never miss a chance to meet some of the city's most mysterious crime fighters in the flesh, since now he'll finally be able to put names to faces...if Carolyn doesn't make them miss the whole thing because she's so focused on fixing him up with a musician from Boston.

  • Among the Living (PsyCop #1)
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    Among the Living (PsyCop #1)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 20 ratings · published 2006

    Victor Bayne, the psychic half of a PsyCop team, is a gay medium who’s more concerned with flying under the radar than in making waves.He hooks up with handsome Jacob Marks, a non-psychic (or “Stiff”) from an adjacent precinct at his ex-partner’s retirement party and it seems like his dubious luck has taken a turn for the better. But then a serial killer surfaces who can change his appearance to match any witness’ idea of the world’s hottest guy... more

  • Thaw (PsyCop #1.1)
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    Thaw (PsyCop #1.1)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 14 ratings · published 2007

    Victor Bayne is a PsyCop, a psychic medium who sees dead people as plainly as if they were alive. People assume that Vic's psychic abilities are his only talent, but in Thaw, he shows his boyfriend Jacob that he's got other secret skills up his sleeve.

  • Criss Cross (PsyCop #2)
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    Criss Cross (PsyCop #2)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 18 ratings · published 2006

    Criss Cross finds the ghosts surrounding Victor getting awfully pushy. The medications that Victor usually takes to control his abilities are threatening to destroy his liver, and his new meds aren't any more effective than sugar pills.Vic is also adjusting to a new PsyCop partner, a mild-mannered guy named Roger with all the personality of white bread. At least he's willing to spring for the Starbucks... more

  • Partners (PsyCop #1-2)
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    Partners (PsyCop #1-2)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 10 ratings · published 2006

    Featuring two PsyCop novels, Among the Living and Criss Cross, this volume will leave you on the edge of you seat, wanting more.In Among the Living, Victor is a PsyCop, also known as a member of the Paranormal Investigation team. He's not popular with the living, as most people consider him a little odd, but the ghosts of violent crimes can't wait to tell him all about their deaths. His new case pairs him with Jacob, a non-psychic who works in sex crimes... more

  • Striking Sparks (PsyCop #2.1)
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    Striking Sparks (PsyCop #2.1)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 12 ratings · published 2008

    Andrew's life is spinning out of control, and he's desperate for some guidance. He's heard there's a palm reader in Wicker Park who's the real deal: a certified, honest-to-God psychic. He's confident that she'll tell him exactly what he needs to hear. Too bad he didn’t account for how long it would take him to find parking. The psychic's gone, but one of the other shopkeepers in the building has a sympathetic ear. He's pretty easy on the eyes, too... more

  • Many Happy Returns (PsyCop #2.2)
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    Many Happy Returns (PsyCop #2.2)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 12 ratings · published 2007

    The holidays. Food. Family. Returns.In this short story, Kenneth moonlights part time at SaverPlus to earn enough money to buy himself a state of the art computer system. He just wants to do his job and go home. But a sexy blond customer is looking for service, and he won't take no for an answer.(short story, 2800 words)

  • Mind Reader (PsyCop #2.3)
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    Mind Reader (PsyCop #2.3)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 12 ratings · published 2008

    Fascinating things can be learned on a field trip. Crash has something to prove to one of his internet colleagues. Luckily he knows a level-five medium who can debunk the theory that mummification ties a spirit to the material plane.Vic is perfectly willing to go to the museum with his lover's ex-boyfriend, but it seems like nothing he says or does will satisfy Crash.

  • Body and Soul (PsyCop #3)
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    Body and Soul (PsyCop #3)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 18 ratings · published 2007

    Thanksgiving can't end too soon for Victor Bayne, who's finding Jacob's family hard to swallow. Luckily, he's called back to work to track down a high-profile missing person.Meanwhile, Jacob tries to find a home they can move into that's not infested--with either cockroaches, or ghosts. As if the house-hunting isn't stressful enough, Vic's new partner Bob Zigler doesn't seem to think he can do anything right... more

  • The Stroke of Midnight (PsyCop #3.1)
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    The Stroke of Midnight (PsyCop #3.1)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 12 ratings · published 2009

    Jacob Marks has noticed that crimes are committed whether or not he happens to have a social engagement on the agenda. Date another PsyCop, and the likelihood of having a successful night out are cut in half.Of course Jacob feels sorry for the poor sap in the Fifth Precinct who's been shot. But did he have to go and get himself offed on New Year's Eve?__________Complimentary copy on JCP Books website no longer available. Now included in PsyCop Briefs: Volume 1.

  • Wood (PsyCop #3.2)
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    Wood (PsyCop #3.2)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 10 ratings · published 2016

    Victor Bayne might not be handy when it comes to carpentry, but if there’s one tool he does know how to wield, it’s the tiny metal doohickey that comes with ready-to-assemble furniture from SaverPlus.The shelves aren’t for the cannery—Vic would never manage to sneak cheap pressboard and veneer past Jacob’s watchful eyes. Jacob’s Uncle Leon, however, is nowhere near as fussy. And since he’s only got one arm, he’ll need help putting together his new treasure... more

  • Secrets (PsyCop #4)
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    Secrets (PsyCop #4)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 18 ratings · published 2008

    Victor Bayne’s job as a PsyCop involves tracking down dead people and getting them to spill their guts about their final moments. It's never been fun, per se. But it's not usually this annoying. Vic has just moved in with his boyfriend Jacob, he can’t figure out where anything’s packed, and his co-worker is pressuring him to have a housewarming party. Can’t a guy catch a break? On a more sinister note, Vic discovers there’s absolutely no trace of him online... more

  • Property (PsyCop #3-4)
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    Property (PsyCop #3-4)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 8 ratings · published 2008

    Victor Bayne sees dead people. Working homicide is a cinch for him, since the victims can finger their killers, and give the how, when and why of their own demises. So work is no big challenge. It's the rest of Vic's life that gives him problems. PsyCop: Property contains PsyCop stories 3 and 4 (Body & Soul, and Secrets)... more

  • Camp Hell (PsyCop #5)
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    Camp Hell (PsyCop #5)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 18 ratings · published 2008

    Victor Bayne honed his dubious psychic skills at one of the first psych training facilities in the country, Heliotrope Station, otherwise known as Camp Hell to the psychics who've been guests behind its razorwire fence.Vic discovered that none of the people he remembers from Camp Hell can be found online, and there’s no mention of Heliotrope Station itself, either. Someone's gone through a lot of trouble to bury the past. But who?

  • GhosTV (PsyCop #6)
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    GhosTV (PsyCop #6)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 18 ratings · published 2011

    For the past dozen years, Victor Bayne has solved numerous murders by interrogating witnesses only he can see—dead witnesses. But when his best friend Lisa goes missing from the sunny California campus of PsyTrain, the last thing he wants to find there is her spirit.Disappearing without a trace in a school full of psychics? That’s some trick. But somehow both Lisa and her roommate have vanished into thin air... more

  • Memento (PsyCop #6.2)
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    Memento (PsyCop #6.2)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 10 ratings · published 2015

    Seasons change, and so do fashion trends. But in this heartstring-tugging PsyCop short, what’s beneath the clothes matters most.Do clothes make the man? Jacob Marks cuts an impressive figure in his tailored suits, but Victor Bayne is another story. Nowadays, Vic does his ghosthunting in off-the-rack blazers, polyester blend slacks and cop shoes with nonskid soles... more

  • In the Dark (PsyCop #6.3)
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    In the Dark (PsyCop #6.3)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 12 ratings · published 2012

    Halloween is fun...at least, it's supposed to be. Costumes, candy, trick-or-treat, even jaded Victor Bayne can get behind those sorts of antics. Too bad this year's Halloween is a grownup event. Not only must Vic don a suit and endure a disco-obsessed DJ, he has to mingle with friends of Jacob's he would much rather ignore.Vic thinks he has the party's host all figured out--but as he so often realizes, once he looks beneath the surface, things are seldom what they seem.

  • Spook Squad (PsyCop #7)
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    Spook Squad (PsyCop #7)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 16 ratings · published 2013

    Everyone enjoys peace and tranquility, and Victor Bayne is no exception. He goes to great lengths to maintain a harmonious home with his partner, Jacob. Although the cannery is huge, it’s grown difficult to avoid the elephant in the room…the elephant with the letters FPMP scrawled on its hide.Once Jacob surrendered his PsyCop badge, he infiltrated the Federal Psychic Monitoring Program... more

  • Skin After Skin (PsyCop #8)
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    Skin After Skin (PsyCop #8)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 12 ratings · published 2017

    Fierce. Audacious. Independent. Curtis Ash can’t be bothered to settle down. He’s too busy enjoying his cushy job as a high-paid stylist, caught in a whirlwind of hookups, parties, and obscenely priced cocktails. The only snarl in an otherwise charmed life is the salon’s hotshot colorist, Red Turner. Not only does Red put the whammy on customers and rake in all the big tips, he’s oblivious to Crash’s flirtation. But there will be plenty of time to win him over…so Crash thinks... more

  • Agent Bayne (PsyCop #9)
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    Agent Bayne (PsyCop #9)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 12 ratings · published 2018

    Victor Bayne is through with the Chicago PD. Can he handle the FPMP?After years of frustration as a PsyCop, Victor Bayne reports for duty at the Federal Psychic Monitoring Program. As a fledgeling agent, he’s ready to smoke out a few ghosts and be home each night in time for dinner... more

  • Everyone's Afraid of Clowns (PsyCop #9.4)
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    Everyone's Afraid of Clowns (PsyCop #9.4)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 3 ratings · published 2019

    Vic and Jacob brave a haunted house attraction that turns to be a lot scarier than they expected. This novella doesn't affect the timeline and is designed to be read outside the main PsyCop novels, though it may contain spoilers through Agent Bayne, PsyCop 9.

  • Murder House (PsyCop #10)
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    Murder House (PsyCop #10)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 12 ratings · published 2019

    Victor Bayne has survived demons, ghosts and repeaters. But can he survive a murder house?Few people would willingly spend the night in a murder house, but Victor Bayne is up for the challenge. He’ll do whatever it takes to get a look at his permanent record, including going undercover in a townhouse where a recent death took place. Why not? There was no foul play involved, and as a psychic medium, he’d know if a ghost was creeping up on him... more

  • Bitter Pill (PsyCop #11)
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    Bitter Pill (PsyCop #11)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 10 ratings · published 2020

    There’s a new drug on the streets called Kick. The side effects are so brutal, most folks only try it once…unless they’re psychic. Then they do it until it kills them.Psychic medium Victor Bayne is well acquainted with pharmaceuticals, from the Auracel that blocks his ghosts to the Seconal that offers him a blissful nights’ sleep. But he’s managed to steer clear of street drugs…so far... more

  • Other Half (PsyCop #12)
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    Other Half (PsyCop #12)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 10 ratings · published 2021

    Victor Bayne never saw himself as husband material, but after an undercover stint as half of a married couple, he’s willing to give it a shot. Jacob Marks was eager to settle down from the get-go, so once Vic popped the question, the wedding should’ve been smooth sailing. But new evidence has come to light that casts a pall over the whole affair: decades of psychic experimentation and intrigue... more

  • Subtle Bodies (PsyCop #13)
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    Subtle Bodies (PsyCop #13)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 8 ratings · published 2022

    “It’s probably nothing….”Usually, when Victor Bayne is called upon to investigate a ghostly apparition, the “haunting” can be chalked up to a perfectly mundane cause. When he’s sent to check out some suspicious phenomena in small-town Iowa—and no one seems unduly alarmed—he’s hoping for more of a weekend getaway. Especially since he’s bringing along Jacob as his Stiff.He ends up finding way more than he bargained for. Women undressing in public—with no memory of doing so... more

  • Seasons: PsyCop Briefs, Volume 2 (PsyCop #short stories)
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    Seasons: PsyCop Briefs, Volume 2 (PsyCop #short stories)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 6 ratings · published 2021

    Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night…will keep a PsyCop from his duty. Because ghosts don’t take snow days.Seasons: PsyCop Briefs, Volume 2 contains four novelettes and fourteen short stories. This all-new, novel length collection begins right where PsyCop 12, Other Half, left off. It then cycles through each season, highlighting various moments in the series with laughs, scares, tender domestic scenes, and of course, ghosts—then circles around to Other Half again... more

  • PsyCop Briefs: Volume 1 (PsyCop #short stories)
    #short stories

    PsyCop Briefs: Volume 1 (PsyCop #short stories)

    Jordan Castillo Price

    · 10 ratings · published 2016

    Victor Bayne sees dead people for a living…and he sees them off the clock, too.  After all, ghosts don’t confine their appearances to a psychic medium’s work hours. From the macabre to the mundane, from titillating to tender, these PsyCop shorts feature stolen moments between the novels. Get a glimpse of Vic’s life with Jacob between cases, from both men’s viewpoints... more

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