Breaking Bad meets The Godfather and the police procedural of your choice plus magic in Dirty Magic. Kate Prospero, former potion-mixing member of a Coven, current cop, finds herself neck-deep in an investigation of a new, dangerous street-potion when she's attacked by a user and has to shoot him. Rather than going on suspension pending investigation, she talks her way onto a Magical Enforcement Agency task force to help track down the source of the potion and bring him to justice. Meanwhile, she's raising her younger brother, whose curiosity about magic and the Covens has kicked into high gear. 
 Frequently, when I request books from NetGalley, it's a crapshoot. I've never heard of the author, but the blurb looks good, and whether the book is going to deliver is a big question. Often they don't (see my couldnt-finish) shelf. This one did. 
 The plot was fairly predictable--see above re: police procedural. What makes Dirty Magic really interesting is the overall premise, with magic instead of drugs, and magic affecting people in different ways depending on who made them, how they're made, and how careful the alchemist is. Also, the secondary characters are wonderfully written, with their own lives, concerns, and temperaments separate from the main plot of the book and Kate's immediate needs. Baba, the nosy next door neighbor who tries to push aphrodisiac potions on Kate. Little Man, Kate's informant, who resembles Kuato from Total Recall but talks like your average street-informant-thug. Kate's entire MEA team. The interactions between characters are what keeps this story going even when the plot bogs down a bit in the middle. 
 I, for one, am looking forward to the next installment of this series.