In The Air Tonight
Lori Handeland
St. Martin’s, Jun 2 2015, $7.99
ISBN: 9781250020123
Four hundred years ago in Scotland,
King James’ Chief Witch Hunter Roland McHugh and two of his Venatore Mali
subordinates accuse Prudence and Henry Taggert of sacrificing innocent people
in order to birth the devil’s spawn. Pious
people know that multiple births like the Taggert triplets can only happen if
the devil enables evil. As the parents
face their funeral pyre, they cast one last spell that leaves three men holding
empty blankets that a moment earlier contained their female babies.
An investigation into a murder by an
apparent serial killer sends New Orleans homicide
detective Bobby Doucet to New Bergin, Wisconsin where a similar killing
occurred. He soon finds an obsessed
lunatic who wants to kill schoolteacher Raye Larsen. Bobby wants to know why Raye, whose dark hair
and eyes make her look like an outsider amidst the blonde-blue Scandinavian
community. Already concealing her unique
ability to communicate with ghosts after overhearing her adopted father’s
concerns when she was a child, Raye begins to learn that her unknown heritage leaves
her and two previously unaware of siblings at risk.
The first Sisters of the Craft romantic urban fantasy is a thrilling
opening act as Lori Handeland deftly merges ghosts, serial killer, detecting,
love and much more into an exhilarating storyline. Although Bobby’s role takes too long to gel,
readers will relish this suspenseful thriller due to the bewildered heroine struggling
to accept each new revelation that drains her emotionally at a time when she
needs diligent alertness to stay alive.
Harriet Klausner
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