The Summoning
A Novel
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Publisher Description
"[A] superior thriller"—Publishers Weekly STARRED Review
"J.P. Smith's latest thriller is an exquisite labyrinth of plot twists"—Traci Medford-Rosow, USA Today bestselling author
When it comes to contacting the dead, it's easy to go a step too far
Every year, as the anniversary of 9/11 inches closer on the calendar, Kit Capriol scans the memorials published in the New York Times. It's a simple thing to look up a name and phone number, to reach out to surviving family members who might still be yearning for connection with their lost loved one… to offer assistance. After her husband went down in the north tower, Kit scraped by as an actress, barely supporting herself and her daughter. But now Zoey is in the hospital, bills are due, and the acting work has dried up. Becoming a medium is almost too easy for someone used to pretending for a living—and desperate clients aren't hard to come by.
Now, though, something has changed. The seances Kit holds in her apartment are starting to feel unsettlingly real, and the intriguing man she met at a local bar could be more complicated than he seems. As the voices of the dead grow louder in her head and the walls of her apartment close in, Kit realizes that despite her daughter's absence, she hasn't been quite as alone as she thought.
"The Summoning is a suspenseful and gripping novel, one readers can count on to keep them reading into the late hours."—Mystery & Suspense Magazine
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The husband of Manhattan actor Kit Capriol, the protagonist of this superior thriller from Smith (If She Were Dead), died on 9/11 before learning Kit was pregnant with their first child. The joy of her daughter Zoey's birth gave Kit a new chance at happiness, but 14 years later, Zoey suddenly collapsed on a subway platform and hit her head. The resulting brain trauma left the girl in a seemingly irreversible coma. Three years after that tragedy, Kit, who's short on work and has trouble paying the rent and hospital bills, has turned to scouring the obituaries pages for notices marking the anniversary of a death. She then cold calls surviving loved ones and offers to help them connect with the departed. As Kit fakes messages from the beyond, she begins to suspect that she may be getting some real communications from the dead. Meanwhile, her scam attracts the attention of the NYPD, placing her in legal jeopardy. Smith expertly keeps the plot twists coming and maintains uncertainty about exactly what's going on. Fans of Sarah Waters's Affinity will be enthralled.
