If I haven’t read all thirty Krewe of Hunters books by Heather Graham, I’m pretty close. I enjoy all aspects of these books; the paranormal elements, the romance, the FBI agents who can communicate with the dead, the history and the vivid settings. Seeing Darkness takes readers to Salem, Massachusetts, to a city that celebrates its horrible past, a city of walking tours, cemeteries, restaurants and bars. But, a serial killer who attacks women in historical cemeteries isn’t in the city plans.
Kylie Connelly is a historian on a bachelorette weekend with her three best friends when they go to a hypnotist for fun, for past life regressions. While her friends all experience flowery past lives of romance, Kylie sees herself stabbed to death in a cemetery. That night in The Cauldron, a popular restaurant, she sees a prominent politician on TV, and blurts out that he’s the killer from the cemetery.
FBI agent Jon Dickson catches Kylie as she collapses after her announcement. He’s on the trail of a serial killer who has killed women in a route up the coast. A clue has sent him to Salem, his hometown. He’s just learned a local woman was stabbed to death in a cemetery when he hears Kylie proclaim that the politician did it. Because he’s been able to talk to ghosts since he was twelve, he doesn’t find it odd that Kylie experienced the murder secondhand. Kylie’s the one who panics and doesn’t believe what she experienced.
If you’ve read any of the Krewe of Hunters books, you know what to expect. Other FBI agents from the Krewe of Hunters will show up in Salem to help with the case. There will be historical elements, and a helpful ghost. And, Jon and Kylie will become romantically involved. Those are the patterns in these books.
I have one quibble with Seeing Darkness, though. It seems as if the author forgot to add a scene in which the agents realize Kylie is missing and set out to rescue her. In this book, at one moment she’s in danger. In the next, Jon and the other agents are catching the killers. But, there is a link missing.
On the other hand, there’s a very satisfying epilogue at the end of the book, just what I need as a reader who wants to know what happens to favorite characters. Seeing Darkness was as satisfying as the other books in this series.
Heather Graham’s website is www.TheOriginalHeatherGraham.com
Seeing Darkness by Heather Graham. MIRA, 2020. ISBN 9780778360940 (hardcover), 303p.
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