The Big Thrill

Thriller News from Ireland

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:07:37 +0000

Being a pick-'n'-mix of Crime Always Pays posts for the month of June. To wit:

Reviews of John Connolly's THE LOVERS, Stuart Neville's THE TWELVE, and Declan Hughes' ALL THE DEAD VOICES.

Tony Black gets interviewed to mark the launch of his second novel, GUTTED.

Some chancer called Declan Burke posts the first chapter of his work-in-progress.

Peter James is remarkably generous with his time ...

Debutant Sean Black announces that he's a fictional character.

John Connolly gets jiggy with 'conservative critics' who don't like genre-bending.

Craig McDonald interviews Ken Bruen over at the Busted Flush interweb malarkeybus.

Euro Crime goes crazy all of a sudden and reviews Brian McGilloway, Paul Charles, Tana French, Declan Hughes, Adrian McKinty and Gene Kerrigan.

Score! Free signed copies of Adrian McKinty's terrific thriller FIFTY GRAND.

Contributing editor Declan Burke is the author of EIGHTBALL BOOGIE (2003) and THE BIG O (2007). A freelance writer and novelist, he hosts a website dedicated to Irish crime fiction, Crime Always Pays (http://crimealwayspays.blogspot.com/). He lives in Wicklow, Ireland, with his wife Aileen and daughter Lily, and is not allowed to own a cat.

Dead Docket by Mitchell Graham

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:45:00 +0000

When his father's former partner asks for help to settle his daughter's estate, John Delaney get more than he bargained for. The hidden box of tapes Delaney finds in her home provides the first clue the girl's death may not be what it seemed. Through a series of twists and turns, Delaney learns it's related to another "accident" that occurred fifteen years earlier and a thousand miles apart.

"A Spenceresque thriller that's hard to put down." -- Kirkus

"Cleverly plotted with exciting courtroom and action sequences." -- Booklist

"A compelling, interesting and entertaining story with great characters." --Francine Brokaw, The Herald

This is Mitchell Graham's second legal thriller. Mitchell practiced law for thirty years and also holds a degree in neuropsychology. Along the way he represented the United States in numerous fencing competitions. He won or was a finalist in over 87 events worldwide. His third book featuring John Delaney and Katherine Adams is due out next year.

The July Edition of the Big Thrill is here!

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:30:00 +0000

It's July and the heat is on! But if you think it's hot outside, just wait until you see the sizzling new thrillers featured in this month's Big Thrill. We've got 35 impossible-to-put-down novels from many of your favorite authors including Brad Thor, Karin Slaughter, John Gilstrap, and Heather Graham. And this month, author Jeremy Duns makes his debut with his new novel FREE AGENT.

Don't expect your summer reading to cool down with these hot hits. Print the list and head over to your favorite bookstore. And while you're there, pick up a copy of THRILLER 2, the latest anthology from Jeffery Deaver, Lisa Jackson, R.L.Stine and many more, and edited by ThrillerMaster, Clive Cussler.

Happy July reading from your friends at International Thriller Writers
Joe Moore
Vice President, Technology

Hot Off The Press
click on a book title to read the feature story

LOST THRONE by Chris Kuzneski

ABANDON by Blake Crouch

TRY FEAR by James Scott Bell

HIGH CHICAGO by Howard Shrier

KILL ZONE by Vicki Hinze

NO MERCY by John Gilstrap

GREEDY BONES by Carolyn Haines

DARK TIME: MORTAL PATH by Dakota Banks

HAUNT OF JACKALS by Eric Wilson

MISSING MARK by Julie Kramer

KILL HER AGAIN by Robert Gregory Browne

FADE TO BLACK by Leslie Parrish

SHANGHAIED by Eric Stone

GRIPPED BY FEAR by John M. Wills

HOUSE SECRETS by Mike Lawson

TIMESCAPE by Robert Liparulo

RED BLOODED MURDER by Laura Caldwell

THE APOSTLE by Brad Thor

BREAKPOINT by JoAnn Ross

OUTCAST by Joan Johnston

THE BONE FACTORY by Nate Kenyon

THE ODDS by Kathleen George

FUGITIVE by Phillip Margolin

THE LAST RESORT by April Star

UNDONE by Karin Slaughter

THE DEVIL'S COMPANY by David Liss

FREE AGENT by Jeremy Duns

LEADEN SKIES by Ann Parker

CRIMINAL KARMA by Steven M. Thomas

FAN MAIL by P.D. Martin

THE MISSING INK by Karen E. Olson

DUST TO DUST by Heather Graham

EVERYWHERE SHE TURNS by Debra Webb

THE ESTUARY by Derek Gunn

DEAD DOCKET by Mitchell Graham

A Between The Lines interview with Jonathan Kellerman

Plus International News from Mike Nicol in South Africa and Declan Burke in Ireland.

Coming next month, the latest thrillers from Erin Quinn, Nina Bruhns, Thomas Greanias, Glenn Cooper, Brandon Massey, Jennie Bentley, Joan Johnston, Gayle Carline, J.J. Cooper, Allyson Roy, Megan Kelley Hall, Teresa Burrell, Liz Jensen, and more. Plus a Between The Lines interview with bestselling thriller authors Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. It's gonna be a thriller!

July's Thriller Collection winner!

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:25:00 +0000

Monthly Book Giveaway

Congratulations to Marilyn Amann, the winner of this month's BIG THRILL giveaway. Marilyn will receive an assortment of signed thrillers including Cold Black Hearts by Jeffrey J. Mariotte, Outcast by Joan Johnston, Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Deception by Eric Van Lustbader, The Memory Collector by Meg Gardiner, The Shroud of Heaven by Sean Ellis, Leaden Skies: A Silver Rush Mystery by Ann Parker, The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu by Michael Stanley, Dead or Alive by Michael McGarrity, and Fugitive by Phillip Margolin.

All subscribers to THE BIG THRILL webzine are automatically eligible for the monthly drawing. Click here to subscribe to the BIG THRILL email.

Between The Lines with Jonathan Kellerman

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:50:00 +0000

Jonathan Kellerman's publishing history shows that he hit the ground running with his first novel, When the Bough Breaks, which won several awards and landed on the New York Times bestseller list. But just as in his books, there is a more complex web behind the scenes.

"Actually, When the Bough Breaks was my ninth or tenth novel," Kellerman explains. "I wrote a slew of unpublished 'masterpieces' over a thirteen year dry period. The process began in 1971 after I won a writing award in college, got an agent, and began to believe literary success was imminent. Alas, Bough wasn't bought until 1983 and publication was delayed to 1985 because the publisher, Atheneum, had no idea what to do with it."

Suffice to say, Kellerman did not have high hopes for his debut.

"The book was purchased as (what I now realize was) a small book destine for a quick death and an unceremonious burial. The advance came out to three bucks an hour and at the time I was making considerably more as a med school professor, clinical psychologist, and court consultant. So I never really thought writing would be a job. It was just something I loved and I figured I'd continue seeing patients and turn out a book every few years, if I could afford the time."

Still, the fact of publication was "proof that I wasn't just a self-deluded neurotic typing away in an unheated garage without a speck of success."

But then the thing all authors hope for happened.

"Somehow--I still don't understand it--the book became a word-of-mouth bestseller. I said, Hmm, okay, let's try another. Same deal. Ditto for my third, fourth, fifth . . .twenty-five years and 30 or so bestsellers later, I still don't get it. But I sure love it and I'm deeply grateful to my readers."

How did Kellerman prepare for this? What foundation was laid down for ultimate bestsellerdom?

Outcast Joan Johnston

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:45:53 +0000

Society bachelor and former army sniper Ben Benedict moves between two worlds--from high-society Washington to the mean city streets, from tuxedos to Glocks. His powerful Virginia family wants him out of harm's way, but Ben stays on the job, determined to make amends for a past that haunts him. Dr. Anna Schuster is fighting demons of her own when she crosses paths with Agent Benedict. The two become adversaries--and lovers--as they search for an Al Qaeda operative bent on revenge. Ben must fight against time--and his own darkness--to rescue millions of innocents and the woman he loves from a virulent bio-weapon in the hands of a dangerous enemy.

"Skillful storyteller Johnston makes what would in lesser hands be melodrama, compellingly realistic."-- Booklist

Joan Johnston is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than forty award-winning historical and contemporary romantic novels, including her Bitter Creek series featuring The Rivals, The Price, The Loner, The Texan, and The Cowboy.

Johnston received a master of arts degree in theater from the University of Illinois and graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law at Austin. She lives in south Florida and Colorado.

Thriller 2 available now!

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:30:00 +0000

When some of the top thriller writers in the world came together in Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night, they became a part of one of the most successful short-story anthologies ever published. The highly anticipated Thriller 2: Stories You Just Can't Put Down is even bigger. From Jeffery Deaver's tale of international terrorism to Lisa Jackson's dysfunctional family in the California wine country to Ridley Pearson's horrifying serial killer, this collection has something for everyone. Twenty-three bestselling and hot new authors in the genre have submitted original stories to make up this unforgettable blockbuster.

Clive Cussler takes the editorial helm from James Patterson in this follow-up to Thriller (2006). This volume again features another impressive line-up of crime writers, some household names (Phillip Margolin, Ridley Pearson) and some lesser-knowns (Javier Sierra, Harry Hunsicker). All are members of the International Thriller Writers, the organization that came up with the concept for the series. What's different in this second compilation is that this time most of the familiar authors leave their established characters at home and strike out in new directions. So while David Hewson delivers a taut, exciting story, it isn't about his Roman detective Nic Costa. Thrillers are not an easy genre to define, as Cussler points out in his introduction, as it has more to do with pace than with plot. But that's good news for readers, who will enjoy such diverse story types as international intrigue (Jeffrey Deaver's "The Weapon"), suspense (Hewson's "The Circle"), and even a blend of political thriller and science fiction (Kathleen Antrim's "Through a Veil Darkly"). An entertaining collection. -- Mary Frances Wilkens, Booklist

Thriller 2, Stories You Just Can't Put Down is available in bookstores and online.

House Secrets by Mike Lawson

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:06:31 +0000

Mike Lawson's books chronicle the adventures of Joe DeMarco, an aide to the Speaker of the House. The fourth in the series and newest, House Secrets, is his best yet. Lawson talked to Big Thrill contributing editor Jeff Ayers about his work and DeMarco.

What was your life before you became a writer?

I've been very fortunate in my life: my marriage, my family, and my careers - both of them. Before I became a full-time writer, I worked for the navy for about thirty years as a nuclear engineer and as a manager maintaining the reactor plants in the navy's submarines and aircraft carriers − and I had a very successful career. It was a good job, an interesting job, and one that dealt with vital issues related to national defense - but it wasn't fun. The fact was, although I cared very much about what I did for the navy and worked very hard at it, I didn't really enjoy the work. With writing it's different. I love to write and I look forward to writing. In my old job, I sometimes dreaded going to work in the morning knowing the tough issues that I'd have to face that day. By contrast, I never dread sitting down and working on my novels even when I'm going through a phase where I'm stuck on the plot or the words aren't flowing as they should. Like I said, I was fortunate to have an interesting job as an engineer and to make enough money to provide for my family, and I was particularly fortunate to be involved at a fairly high level in important issues that really mattered in terms of the country's security − but I consider myself even more fortunate to now be doing something I'm truly passionate about and look forward to doing each day.

What were the origins of your main character, DeMarco?

The origins of DeMarco came from two things: First, I decided before I wrote my first novel that I wanted to write political thrillers. I've always told people that for a writer, Washington, D.C. is a target rich environment. What I mean by that is that you can pick up a paper any day of the week and read about something that happens in Washington - some blunder, some scandal, some intelligence coup, something related to the military or Congress or the president − that provides an endless supply of plot-ideas for novels. So, I wanted my novels and the novels' protagonist to have a D.C. "link". The next thing I thought was that the mystery/thriller world didn't need another detective or cop or lawyer as a protagonist for a series - and thus DeMarco was born − a guy who works for the Speaker of the House. DeMarco's job gave me the "access" I needed to write stories involving all the shenanigans and serious, important things that occur in D.C.

Shanghaied by Eric Stone

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:48:10 +0000

In SHANGHAIED, Eric Stone's fourth in the Ray Sharp series of detective thrillers set in Asia--a series based on true stories and described by Lee Child as "bizarre but believable, tough but tender, and fast but considered. Highly recommended." -- Hong Kong's been handed back to the Chinese. Ray Sharp's whole world is changing. Carnivorous Tibetan monks are worried about what a Chinese bank is doing with their money. A murderous, sociopathic veteran of the U.S. invasion of Grenada, along with his twin comely kung-fu bodyguards, Floss and Betty, figure into it. As does a painful dumpling accident, drugs, sex and rock and roll, along with the usual coterie of business moguls, hookers, friends and foes. And the return of Ray's Chinese-Mexican colleague and pal, the diminutive Ms. Wen Lei Yue.

Eric's previous series books include Flight of the Hornbill, Grave Imports and The Living Room of the Dead. He is also the author of Wrong Side of the Wall, a true-crime / sports biography. Eric worked for many years as a journalist in the U.S. and Asia, covering everything from economics to crime; politics to sex, drugs and rock & roll. He once wrote an advice to the lovelorn column for a bi-lingual (English-Chinese) fashion magazine.

Eric sat down with Big Thrill contributing editor Megan Kelley Hall to discuss his intriguing writing career and his next novel, SHANGHAIED, from Bleak House books.

Eric, how has your career as a journalist helped you with your novel writing?

It has given me an appreciation for how truly strange the world is. My books are loosely based on stories that I covered, or am very familiar with, from my work in Asia, so I've had a chance to put my experiences into play in plots, locales, characters, pretty much every element of my books. The hard part is that in my novels, everything needs to make sense - unlike in the real world. As a journalist, if I could back up what I reported with research, it didn't matter how bizarre or illogical something was. Truth really can be stranger than fiction. A novel requires more logic. If my readers feel that something doesn't make sense, they lose patience with it. And, on a technical level, I've got a lot of experience with deadlines and writing every day, so I don't agonize too much over the actual work involved in writing.

Criminal Karma by Steven M. Thomas

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:35:02 +0000

With Criminal Paradise, his gritty, satirical take on the Southern California underworld and the faulty society it preys on, Steven M. Thomas earned comparison to such masters as Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen. Now, Thomas has written another smart, sexy thriller featuring his charismatic antihero, the small-time crook Robert Rivers, who has dreams of making the big score and the brains to pull it off -- if only his partner, Reggie, wouldn't keep getting in the way.

The stakes are high for Rivers this time around: He is on the trail of a diamond necklace worth a small fortune. The necklace belongs to beautiful Los Angeles socialite Evelyn Evermore, but Rivers has a foolproof plan to remedy that. Unfortunately, the plan is not Reggie-proof, and when the dust clears, the necklace is gone and the cops are in hot pursuit.

When Rivers learns that Evelyn is mixed up with a 300-pound guru known as Baba Raba, the necklace seems to be within reach once more. Only the deeper Rivers digs, the more it appears that Baba Raba is a dangerous fraud intent on the same prize Rivers is pursuing. Worse, Rivers finds himself developing a soft spot for Evelyn, who isn't the shallow socialite she seems to be.

Soon Rivers and Reggie are barreling headlong into a battle with Baba and a gang of murderous Italian gangsters who, in cahoots with the guru, are using intimidation, extortion and the cats paw of a corrupt politician to gain control of a $100-million swath of oceanfront property. Set in sunny Venice Beach and Indian Wells in the Coachella Valley, Criminal Karma offers exotic locales, fast-paced action, colorful characters, and dazzling plot twists that will keep readers enthralled until the final page.

"This novel is more than a wonderful thriller and a classic caper-gone-wrong. It's a morality tale and a jaw-dropping tour of Southern California at its most crazy and compelling. I loved it." -- T. Jefferson Parker

"From posh hotels to flop houses, from ashram meetings to complicated burglaries, Rivers keeps his eye on the prize, but not without an appealing touch of knight errantry . . . . Rivers is a cunning and resourceful thief capable of blending into his surroundings like a chameleon or meeting force with force when necessary. He does both with charm, wit and surprising decency." -- Publishers Weekly

"As in the first novel, author Thomas writes gracefully and deftly about Southern California, louche and luxe, and Rivers' casual disquisitions on Hindu beliefs are informative and insightful. Give this one to fans of Lawrence Block's Bernie Rhodenbarr." -- Booklist

Steven M. Thomas grew up in a working class suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, where he was not an Eagle Scout or member of the boys choir. He left home the first time at 15, spending the summer hitchhiking across the country, working at odd jobs and writing a journal. He was educated -- eventually -- at Antioch University, the University of Missouri, St. Louis (B.A. English, summa cum laude, 1997) and the University of California, Irvine (Regent's Fellowship, MFA, 1999). Before becoming a fulltime novelist, Thomas worked at different times as a magazine editor, journalist and college lecturer, teaching writing at UCI. He has also been a short order cook and an aluminum siding salesman. He lives with his wife and daughter in Orange County, California.

The Last Resort by April Star

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:24:38 +0000

What happens when a message in a bottle washed ashore contains neither the typical proclamations of love nor charts or maps to shipwrecks and buried treasure, but instead, secrets, lies, betrayals and the most unspeakable of crimes - murder? In THE LAST RESORT, the second novel in her Wanderlust Mystery series, author April Star takes readers on a journey to answer that very question. THE LAST RESORT features newlyweds and amateur sleuths David and Laura Jennings, two RV enthusiasts who stumble upon murder and intrigue as soon as they arrive at the St. Augustine RV resort where they hope to enjoy a romantic honeymoon. Kirkus Review called THE LAST RESORT "a fine blend of mystery and romance." As she celebrates the novel's recent release, April took time to answer some questions for Big Thrill contributing editor, Julie Compton.

Your protagonist Laura Jennings is an RV enthusiast and former manager of a camping resort. You, too, are an RV enthusiast and former manager of an RV resort. In what other ways is Laura like you? Or do the similarities stop there?

At the time I was writing Tropical Warnings, the first title in this series and when Laura Jennings was created, I was managing an RV resort. I'm now an Office Coordinator and reservationist. Laura is really a composite of the woman I'd always hoped to become. Serious-minded but fun loving; business and success oriented, and a woman who displays a strong and independent spirit.

You state in your bio that the stories and characters in the Wanderlust Mystery series emerged from your experiences as a manager at the camping resort. Can you elaborate? Are there any aspects of your plots that are based on real events or people? Have you ever found a message in a bottle?

My husband, who is very much the romantic, has sent me a number of "messages in a bottle." Some with personal and touching notes, others held diamonds and gold. When I stated that the characters and plots emerged from my experiences as a manager and my own adventures as a fulltime RVer, I was talking about the "happenings" and some of the quirky characters that find their way into campgrounds. We had one woman who tried to convince us that she was half alien and she wanted us to be sure to let her know if Jerry Springer called!

Haunt Of Jackals by Eric Wilson

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:41:32 +0000

"From an early age," thriller author Eric Wilson said, "I wanted to be a writer. Although I was born in California and raised in Oregon, my more enduring memories start in Europe where my parents took Bibles behind the Iron Curtain. Life was an adventure, full of exotic cultures and peoples." It's been a wild ride for his self-described "preacher's kid" who has become a bestselling Christian author, producing not only a series of successful original novels such as The Best of Evil, Shred of Proof and Dark to Mortal Eyes, but also the novelizations of a series of films like the immensely popular "Fireproof." Eric's latest is Haunt of Jackals from Thomas Nelson, the second in his 'Jerusalem Undead' series that began with Field of Blood and features Gina Lazarescu, a Romanian girl trying to solve an occult mystery with dire repercussions for herself and the and all of mankind.

When did you start writing? Did you write stories as a child?

My childhood love of books spurred me to write. By age seven or eight, I was writing stories. By age sixteen, I'd completed a 300 page novel.

You followed a really unique path to representation and getting published - can you tell us about that?

After publishing articles in college, I got married and had to get a "real" job. With the advent of the Internet, I began reviewing novels on Amazon, and it was there that an established agent noticed me while reading one of my reviews of a book he had represented. He saw in my bio that I was working on a novel and he asked to see it. I thought he was a scam artist, but soon learned he was the real deal. Eight months later, I had a contract with a division of Random House.

The Estuary by Derek Gunn

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:57:25 +0000

Journalist John Pender has returned to his home town of Whiteshead to rekindle his marriage. Ex-British intelligence officer Dave Johnson has arrived to isolate himself after his fiancé is murdered during a mission that went terribly wrong. But excavations for the new shopping centre unearth a mysterious contagion that threatens to throw their lives into chaos.

Now the residents of Whiteshead are trapped within a quarantine zone with the military on one side and ravenous hordes of living dead on the other. Escape is no longer an option.

Far out in the mouth of the estuary a small Keep sits forlornly surrounded by an apron of jagged rocks. This refuge has always been unassailable, a place of myth and legend that has grown in folklore through the years. Now, it's the survivors' only hope of sanctuary. But there are thousands of flesh-eating infected between them and the Keep and time is running out ...

"Gunn's writing style is very engaging, particularly his action sequences. They are plentiful, intense, appropriately blood-soaked" -- Bookloons

"Almost fifteen thousand men, women and children turned into flesh-eating zombies by a long-forgotten Nazi chemical weapon ...sounds like your thing?" -- David Moody, author of HATER.

"A seemingly idyllic setting, characters full of human weakness and heroism and a mysterious contagion that threatens to destroy everything--fantastic ingredients for a modern horror novel!" -- Gav thorpe, author of MALEKITH

Derek Gunn lives in Dublin, Ireland with his wife and three children and is the author of the post-apocalyptic thriller series, Vampire Apocalypse, widely praised on both sides of the Atlantic. The first two books in the series are; A World Torn Asunder (2006) and Descent into Chaos (2008). The third Vampire Apocalypse book, Fallout, is due out in 2009. An adaptation of Derek's first book is under option and is currently in active development as a major movie. Derek is a member of the International Thriller Writers and the Horror Writers Association. Visit his website at www.derekgunn.com

Everywhere She Turnes by Debra Webb

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:51:29 +0000

When Dr. CJ Patterson returns to her Southern hometown, she finds herself surrounded by a series of long-buried secrets--and a killer who seems to know her better than she knows herself...Drugs, prostitution, robbery, homicide--these are four terms that Dr. CJ Patterson learned all too well growing up on the seamy, forgotten streets of inner-city Huntsville, Alabama. Fiercely determined, CJ worked hard to forget where she came from and become an emergency medicine resident at a prestigious Baltimore hospital. But when her younger sister--the only family she ever had--is murdered, CJ is drawn back into the painful past she thought she'd left behind. Her unrelenting investigation uncovers a highly sophisticated web of shocking family secrets, dark obsession, and brutal violence and a killer who will stop at nothing to keep her from learning the truth.....

"Everywhere She Turns is romantic suspense at its best." -- Erica Spindler, New York Times bestselling author of Breakneck.

"The dark and seamy lives of those on society's edge give Webb's latest a desperate quality. This complicated story has a variety of villains, all of whom add to the relentlessly ominous atmosphere. It's riveting, yet darkly and sadly chilling." -- Romantic Times Magazine

Debra Webb wrote her first story at age nine and her first romance at thirteen. It wasn't until she spent three years working for the military behind the Iron Curtain and within the confining political Walls of Berlin, Germany, that she realized her true calling. A five-year stint with NASA on the Space Shuttle Program reinforced her love of the endless possibilities within her grasp as a storyteller. A collision course between suspense and romance was set. Debra has been writing romantic suspense and action packed romantic thrillers since. Visit her at www.DebraWebb.com.

Dust To Dust by Heather Graham

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:45:12 +0000

Not long ago, Scott Bryant would have described himself as an ordinary guy. But one act of heroism has changed his life forever--or at least until the apocalypse occurs. Because the end of the world is on its way.

Suddenly and inexplicably possessed of superhuman strength, Scott finds himself allied with the enigmatic and alluring Melanie Regan in a quest to find the mysterious Oracle in hopes of averting the absolute destruction that threatens.

Melanie herself has been falling into trances, sketching terrifying visions of future events--and she wants answers. She knows better than Scott where to look for help, but even she cannot fathom the powers that have thrust them together in an epic battle of good against evil.

The earth itself will soon turn against its inhabitants, and now mortal and immortal must join forces if any are to survive.

"Graham's dependable romantic flourishes enhance this bewitching blend of Native American lore, ghostly shenanigans and modern-day chicanery." -- For NIGHTWALKER, Publisher's Weekly

New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham has written more than a hundred novels, many of which have been featured by the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild. An avid scuba diver, ballroom dancer and mother of five, she still enjoys her south Florida home, but loves to travel as well.