Hold Back the Dark

by Kay Hooper

Part of Bishop/Special Crimes Unit, book 18

First published 2018

Deputy Katie Cole stares at another crime scene in Prosperity, North Carolina. Neighbors are butchering each other with kitchen knives and baseball bats, then waking up with no memory of what they did. The victims pile up as residents commit brutal murders in dreamlike states. When one of Katie's fellow deputies kills someone and remembers nothing, she knows the local sheriff's department faces something beyond normal police work. The Special Crimes Unit arrives with their psychic investigators and years of experience tracking supernatural killers. The SCU team must use every paranormal ability they possess to uncover what force controls the minds of Prosperity's citizens. As they dig deeper, a sinister pattern emerges that challenges even these seasoned agents. The investigation pushes them to question whether some evil lies beyond their comprehension.

Genres: mystery, horror, thriller, paranormal

Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful

Tropes: mind-control, supernatural-investigation

Setting: North Carolina, Prosperity

304 pages · Kindle Edition · Berkley

Content warnings: violence

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