I know some of you might have seen this post already. I don't know what the mix up was. I had it ready to post Oct. 6 but we had a scheduling snafu and it disappeared from the blog. Now I see that it posted Oct. 4. This is Halloween spooky because I didn't post it then!So here it is again, and when I pick the winner I will combine today's commenters and the ones from the 4th...when I really didn't even post it.
Book 2 of The Mindhunters hit the shelf last week. WAKING EVIL features a no-nonsense forensic investigator with a southern charmer of a hero. With a sleepy rural town, an ancient legend, murder and a pinch of the supernatural, I have to admit that this book is my favorite of the three. Maybe that's because it was the easiest to write. It was one of those stories that behaved itself, was full of surprises and characters that intrigued me. There's not much more that an author can ask for!
Here's the back cover blurb:
Buffalo Springs Tennessee is a neighborly kind of place where folks leave their doors unlocked and crime is unheard of. But once every generation, a strange red mist settles over the town, and with it comes omens of death.
When the body of a young woman is found, forensic investigator Ramsey Clark is called in. She knows about the legend of the mist and about the curse that has the entire town afraid of the dark. But Ramsey believes in evidence, not superstition, despite what she's told by by the parapsychologist who's been dogging her every step. Then another murder rocks Buffalo Springs, and Ramsey begins to wonder if a killer is playing on everyone's fears or if a prophecy is indeed being fulfilled--one victim at a time.
In the book, the hero, Devlin Stryker, is a renowned parapsychologist and author, who checks out supposed supernatural events and exposes the hoaxes or writes books on the ones that he can find no natural explanation for. I had a blast researching his background, and learning about the tools of the trade for a 'ghost hunter', as Ramsey so derisively refers to him at their first meeting. Because I happen to believe there are a whole lot of charlatans out there, but there are also things that seem inexplicable.
How about you? Do you believe in legends and superstitions? Ever seen a ghost or visited someplace reputed to be haunted? I'm giving away a signed copy of Waking Evil to one lucky commenter today!
