After barely escaping with her life on her last
investigation, Claire Morgan has spent the past two months
recuperating on a private island in the South Pacific with
the love of her life, psychiatrist Nicholas Black. Their
idyllic retreat is interrupted when a commanding arms
dealer shows up insisting they locate his missing daughter,
who was last seen in New Orleans. There has been no ransom
demand, but her family is sure she's been kidnapped. Since
Claire has recently decided, to Black's delight, to become
a private investigator instead of a cop, she's eager to
take the job.
Upon their arrival in New Orleans, Claire sets up her new
PI firm, while Black catches up with his patients. Since
Claire does not have her license yet, she must temporarily
partner with a certified private investigator. Black
recommends Will Novak for the position. Claire agrees, as
long as Novak doesn't interfere with her style of
investigating. With that settled, Claire and Novak check
out the missing girl's dorm at Tulane University, where a
violent and shocking confrontation with her roommate
eventually leads them on a twisted path dealing with blood
demons, devil worshipers -- and even worse. Sorry, Black,
but it looks like PI work won't be any safer for Claire
than being a cop.
Linda Ladd's DEVIL DEAD is the eighth installment in
the gripping Claire Morgan thriller series. The plot
progresses at a steady pace with the deft utilization of a
parallel storyline as it relates to Claire's investigation,
creating a compelling element to this excellent police
procedural. Intense characters and vivid locale also add
interesting elements to a novel I could not put down. I
cannot wait for Claire Morgan's next investigation.
LOST GIRL
She was last seen in New Orleans. Her father, a rich,
powerful arms dealer, believes she was abducted. For
ransom. For revenge. For reasons too horrible to imagine.
LOST INNOCENCE
Claire Morgan, recent former cop turned private
investigator, and her new partner begin their search at the
girl's school, where a violent junkie attacks Claire with
scissors, raves of "demons and devils," and takes her own
life.
LAST RITES
Sinister clues lead Claire on a twisted trail through the
bars and bayous of New Orleans to a bloodstained altar in
Paris. Vast, secret, and powerful, it is a world that few
enter or escape. And Claire is going in--the devil be
damned.
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