by Kay Hooper
Part of Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, book 11
First published 2008
Tessa Gray accepts a dangerous assignment from Noah Bishop's FBI Special Crimes Unit. She must pose as a grieving widow who owns property that the Church of the Everlasting Sin wants to acquire. The cult operates from a fortified compound in the mountains near Grace, North Carolina, under the leadership of Reverend Samuel. Two women connected to this location died under circumstances that science cannot explain. Tessa knows her psychic abilities remain untested, but the FBI needs her to infiltrate Samuel's organization. The reverend has surrounded himself with fanatically devoted followers who hold positions of influence throughout the local community. Even Grace's police chief, Sawyer Cavenaugh, may lack the power to keep Tessa safe once she enters the compound. Samuel represents a new kind of threat that can turn the FBI's own psychic weapons against them. Tessa must resist the dark pull of a megalomaniacal killer while gathering evidence of his crimes. Her survival depends on abilities she has never fully tested against an enemy who seems less than human.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, action
Vibes: dark, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, infiltration
Setting: Grace, North Carolina
Period: 21st-century
296 pages · Hardcover · Bantam
Content warnings: violence