A Matter of Lloyd and Death. The Noctis Investigations, #2

He thought the shadows belonged to him. He was wrong. Four months after his last case nearly killed him, Lloyd Gibson is finally getting his business off the ground. Licensed, partnered, and settling into a new groove with clients who actually pay on time, he almost feels like he's got things under control. Then his mother calls. Her boyfriend, an animal control officer, has vanished in the Ontario wilderness.
What should have been a simple missing persons job turns into something far stranger. The woods hide more than teeth and claws-a doctor who can trade life for death, a child who speaks to the wild, and a powerful organization determined to wipe them out. To save them, Lloyd will have to push his power to its limits, even if it means facing Death Itself.