The Witching Hours
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4.3 • 26 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
A haunting murder and kidnapping on the outskirts of Salem, Massachusetts, sends two people with unique talents hunting for answers from both the past and present in internationally bestselling author Heather Graham’s electrifying new Krewe of Hunters spin off for fans of Stephen King, Jayne Ann Krentz, Riley Sager, and Simone St. James.
Skye McMahon sees things. Good and bad, the past unreels in her mind’s eye like a movie. Such is Skye’s uncanny life. That’s why she’s been summoned by Special Supervisory paranormal investigators Jackson and Angela Crowe, to help solve a mystifying murder and kidnapping on the outskirts of historic Salem.
Alicia Bolton discovered her grandfather-in-law murdered, her nanny and her young son have both vanished without a trace, and her infant daughter was found terrified and crying in her playpen. Skye, partnered with the intriguing Zachary Erickson, a charmer with a psychic touch, is at first beset only by visions of Salem’s witch trials and the tragic, paranoia-fueled executions. Then she sets foot in the Boltons’ house.
What Skye sees is not another innocent from the 17th century swinging from a noose. What she sees is a bona fide crone, pointed hat and all, preying on the family like something from a children’s nightmarish fairy tale. And when another local woman and her daughter inexplicably vanish, Skye has a second vision—that same wicked witch creeping up on her new victims on a lonely Salem road. It’s impossible to believe. Yet Skye’s visions never lie.
As Skye and Zachary put their otherworldly abilities to use, and grow closer with each revelation, they’re lured into an ominous mystery enveloping Salem like a fog. Navigating suspects, whispers of a cult, and a sinister history that threatens to reignite in the present, with Zachary’s help, only Skye can see the way to find the missing—but first, she may have to dance with the devil himself.
Customer Reviews
Disappointing
Not far into this story I started to wonder who “really” wrote this book. The dialog is choppy and rather juvenile. It’s filled with ellipses, en-dashes and exclamation points. !!! No one seems to be able to finish a sentence or a thought. There’s a strangely excessive use of “Ums,” “Ahs,” and “Heys.” Truly baffling to me. I found myself skimming through the pages in an effort to get to the “whodunit” finale but ultimately I ran out of patience and decided I just didn’t really care. I have literally read more than two dozen Heather Graham books between my iBooks app and my public library app. This one is the worst that I can recall. I wish I had wait-listed the book on my public library app instead of paying for it so I wouldn’t feel so bad about not finishing the read.