Set in the post Hurricane Katrina backdrop of Louisiana,
Jackson tells a chilling tale about a smart, tough young
woman who has attracted and evaded death more than once in
her relatively short adult life. The daughter of a famous
law enforcement detective known for solving an infamous
case, Kristi Bentz unofficially takes on a case of her own
when she decides to re-enroll in All Saints College in New
Orleans.
Four girls have vanished at the Catholic-based college in
the last two years. The school, the girls' families and
their friends seem to be dismissing all the girls
as "troubled," saying they all just ran away. Kristi senses
something different in the hushed conversations around
school and the mystic surrounding the English department,
where a course on "vampires" is taught by an extremely good-
looking teacher. Rumors of an associated cult abound around
campus.
When Kristi discovers that she's rented the apartment of
one of the missing girls, a black cat takes up residence in
her apartment, and she begins seeing people look
like "death" right before her eyes, she instinctively knows
she's there to dig deeper and uncover the truth. Meanwhile,
the perpetrator of these crimes has Kristi marked as his
next victim.
This is a chilling page-turner sure to keep most readers
wide-awake late into the night. It's got just the right mix
of blood, gore and mystery to give Halloween-loving readers
a juicy vampire fix.
Twenty-seven-year-old Kristi Bentz is lucky to be alive.
Not many people her age have nearly died twice at the hands
of a serial killer, and lived to tell about it.
Her dad, New Orleans detective, Rick Bentz, wants Kristi to
stay in New Orleans and out of danger. But if anything,
Kristi’s experiences have made her even more fascinated by
the mind of the serial killer. She hasn’t given up her
dream of being a true-crime writer–of exploring the darkest
recesses of evil–and now she just may bet her chance.
Three girls have disappeared at All Saints College in less
than two years. All three were “lost souls”–troubled,
vulnerable girls with no one to care about them, no one to
come looking if they disappeared. The police think they’re
runaways, but Kristi senses there’s something that links
them, something terrifying.
She decides to enroll, following their same steps. All
Saints has changed a lot since Kristi was an undergraduate.
The stodgy Catholic university has lured edgy new professor
to its campus and gained a reputation for envelope-pushing,
with classes like the very popular “The Influence of
Vampirism in English Literature” and elaborately staged
morality plays that feel more like the titillating
entertainment of some underground club than religious
spectacles. And there are whispers of a dark cult on campus
whose members wear vials of blood around their necks and
meet in secret chambers–rituals to which only the elite
have access.
To find the truth, Kristi will need to become part of the
cult’s inner circle, to learn their secrets, and play the
part of the lost soul without losing herself in the
process. It’s a dangerous path, and Kristi is skating on
it’s knife-thin edge. The deeper she goes, the more Kristi
begins to wonder if she is the hunter or the prey. She’s
certain she’s being watched and followed–studied, even–as
yet another girl disappears, and another. And when the
bodies finally begin to surface–in ways that bring fear to
the campus and terror to the hearts of even hardened cops
like Detective Bentz and his partner Reuben Montoya–Kristi
realizes with chilling clarity that she has underestimated
her foe. She is playing a game with a killer more cunning
and blood-thirsty than anyone can imagine, one who has
personally selected her for membership in a cult of death
from which there will be no escape.
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