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.