“An Evil on All Hallows Eve” is one of Heather Graham’s better Krewe of Hunters novellas. It’s perfect for this time of year, creepy with the ghosts I expect in these stories. This one was a short entry available on Kindle or Audiobook through Amazon.
Jackson Crowe and his wife Angela Hawkins Crowe are in a Chicago suburb on assignment from the Krewe of Hunters, a branch of the FBI. Four college girls have gone missing, and the fear is that the girls have been abducted by members of a cult. The chatter on the Internet is about Halloween and Samuevil, a puca, an Irish demon who rose to the strength of the devil. The Crowes are convinced someone has fallen under the influene of whatever “human” demon might be pulling strings to get girls for their own reasons.
While Jackson and Angela invite themselves to several Halloween parties looking for the perpetrators, a young couple, law school students, attend a party at the home of two prestigious lawyers, hoping to make connections. Unfortunately, their Halloween connections are not what they expect.
As I said, this was one of the most successful novellas in the Krewe of Hunters stories. There are interesting tidbits of Irish history behind Halloween celebrations, as well as the eerie story itself. Fans of the series will enjoy this Halloween tale.
Heather Graham’s website is https://www.theoriginalheathergraham.com/
“An Evil on All Hallows Eve” by Heather Graham. 2025.
FTC Full Disclosure – I downloaded a copy of the story from Amazon, with no expectation of a positive review.
I’ve heard of the Krewe books but never read any. I’d be interested to hear from others if I should start at the beginning with the series and give it a try.
BTW, I got my description of what I’d been reading almost finished yesterday (the usual relatively long post), and then I somehow messed up and made it vanish! AHHH! I was so annoyed with myself that I didn’t rewrite it. Oh well, I enjoyed everyone else’s posts. I’ll report this week’s books along with next week’s and be more careful with stray movements of my fingers!!!
Isn’t that frustrating, Kim? I’ve done it, too, when working on a post, either answering or writing the whole thing. I hope you do include it in next week’s post. And, I’ll be home next week, except for my annual eye exam, so I’ll be able to respond in a timely manner.
If you can get the early books, start at the beginning only because she sets up the series and some of the characters reoccur. But, there’s not any series development of characters, so you don’t have to. It’s just nice to know the origins of the Krewe and several characters. Other than that, the protagonists do change, so you don’t have to start at the beginning.