Part of Krewe of Hunters, book 23
First published 2017
Historian Vickie Preston and FBI Special Agent Griffin Pryce stop in Baltimore for a romantic weekend before moving to their new Virginia home. Their plans collapse when someone discovers a popular author's corpse in the basement of an Edgar Allan Poe themed restaurant. The FBI assigns their paranormal investigation unit, the Krewe of Hunters, to the case due to the strange circumstances. More deaths follow, each one recreating scenes from Poe's most famous stories. The restaurant serves as a gathering place for Poe scholars and enthusiasts, making every patron a potential suspect. Vickie begins receiving dream visits from Poe's spirit, who offers cryptic clues about the killer's identity. She and Griffin must decode these supernatural messages while investigating the living suspects. The murderer continues staging elaborate death scenes that bring Poe's fictional horrors into reality. Time runs short as Vickie and Griffin race to identify the twisted mind behind these literary recreations before they become the next victims.
Genres: mystery, crime, thriller, detective, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, supernatural-elements
Setting: Baltimore, Virginia
Period: 21st-century
400 pages · ebook · MIRA