The Special Crimes Unit is after the same killer so chillingly pulling the strings, and this time they're determined to stop the evil unlike any they've ever encountered. Bodies have been turning up in the vicinity of the Church of the Everlasting Sin, and Tessa Gray has been recruited to infiltrate the cult to discover exactly what is going on.

The psychic energy surrounding the church and the Stepford- esque behavior of many of the followers has brought the SCU team to the cult. Their leader has been siphoning off the psychic abilities of the female members. People on the inside have ended up dead, without a mark on their bodies, their bones crushed beyond anything ever seen before. Backed by SCU and local police chief Sawyer Cavenaugh, Tessa enters the compound to gather evidence against the charismatic leader, Father Samuel. Once inside, she meets several children who are made to take part in purification rituals that leave them drained of their abilities, shadows of their former selves. Something big is coming and it's going to take the combined efforts of SCU's finest to stop the evil.

BLOOD SINS by Kay Hooper is storytelling at its finest! She lures her readers in with delicate precision, weaving a fine tale of supernatural good versus evil that make her books impossible to put down. This time it's sometimes difficult to know who to trust as several interested parties are pulling strings in the investigation, each with their own ulterior motives. Tessa and Sawyer are intriguing characters, part of an ensemble of unique and fascinatingly layered individuals. This one is definitely going on my keeper shelf!