The Séance
Heather Graham
Mira, Oct 2007, $7.99
ISBN: 9780778324652
Everyone attending Christina Hardy's housewarming party is upset with word that the notorious "Interstate-Killer" has returned as a recent homicide parallels that of this serial killer, whose murderous spree was fifteen years ago. To return to the party mood, Christina brings out an Ouija board. However, instead of harmless fun, the board enables the former lead detective on the Interstate killer investigation, the late Beau Kidd to contact Christina.
He insists he was innocent although he became the prime suspect and that the real killer is back. Beau wants this murderer caught so his name is cleared and in turn he can go on to his deserved rest. Christina tells her childhood friend former cop turned true crime writer Jed Braden that the ghost of Beau visited her., Jed skeptically scoffs at her until he checks the accuracy of her information she provided him with the police even as more people are murdered. Hired by Kidd’s sister to prove her late sibling never committed the murders, Jed knows he needs to use Christina’s link to the deceased sleuth while also keeping the woman he loves safe.
Heather Graham's latest paranormal romantic suspense (see GHOST WALK and BEYOND THE GRAVE) is an entertaining serial killer ghost story. The three prime characters are fully developed, but the love subplot between the skeptic and the believer interferes with the tense inquiries except when Kidd interrupts their interludes with his demands. Fans will appreciate this fine romantic suspense ghost investigation into the return of a serial killer; perhaps from the grave as the evidence still points towards Kidd.
Harriet Klausner
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