St. Martin's Press
Featuring: Adam Garrett; Carl Landauer
320 pages ISBN: 0312384718 EAN: 9780312384715 Kindle: B006HWV3AG Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
The discovery of a corpse in a landfill leads Boston PD
homicide detective Adam Garrett and his partner Carl
Landauer on the hunt for a ritualistic killer who mutilated
his victim. Adam, a rising star in the BDP, thinks this may
be the case that launches his career when the identity of
the victim is revealed. The evidence, including the satanic
elements of the killing, all points to a troubled musician
in a Goth band who was either dating the victim or stalking
her. A quick arrest is made in what appears to be an
open-and-shut case.
The case takes an unexpected turn when Tanith Cabarrus, a
practicing witch from nearby Salem, tracks Adam down at the
homicide bureau to report that the police have arrested an
innocent man. She believes that the real perpetrator has
killed before and will kill again. How does she know? Her
psychic visions and dreams have shown her both the killer
and the victims. To find the real killer and prevent
further deaths, Adam must team-up with Tanith though it's
against his better judgment. Adam's beliefs about the
nature of reality are challenged as he fights elements he
can't understand and a fierce attraction to the beautiful
and mysterious Tanith.
Sokoloff skillfully blends elements of a crime novel,
supernatural thriller, and just a hint of romance.
Written primarily from Adam's point of view, the strength of
the narrative is in revealing Adam's shifting and complex
relationships with the BPD, his police partner Carl, and a
worldview that had previously excluded any acceptance of the
supernatural. Tanith's role as a potential love-interest is
secondary to her role as Adam's guide to understanding the
evil forces at work.
Homicide detective Adam Garrett is already a rising star in
the Boston police department when he and his cynical
partner, Carl Landauer, catch a horrifying case that could
make their careers: the ritualistic murder of a wealthy
college girl that appears to have Satanic elements.
The partners make a quick arrest when all evidence points to
another student, a troubled musician in a Goth band who was
either dating or stalking the murdered girl. But Garrett’s
case is turned upside down when beautiful, mysterious Tanith
Cabarrus, a practicing witch from nearby Salem, walks into
the homicide bureau and insists that the real perpetrator is
still at large. Tanith claims to have had psychic visions
that the killer has ritually sacrificed other teenagers in
his attempts to summon a powerful, ancient demon.
All Garrett's beliefs about the nature of reality will be
tested as he is forced to team up with a woman he is
fiercely attracted to but cannot trust, in a race to uncover
a psychotic killer before he strikes again.
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