Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Sunny, idyllic, and picture-perfect, until a tabloid news program airs a splashy segment about the community's only unsolved murder - the grisly stabbing of teenager Tara Mitchell and the subsequent disappearance of her two best friends, now thought to be long dead. In the years since the murders, several families have moved into the mansion where the crime occurred, each claiming that the dead girls still haunt the house. Beautiful redheaded reporter Nicole Sullivan, sensing the story that could be her big break, arranges for her mother, a renowned psychic, to contact the three victims in a live séance on the show Twenty-four Hours Investigates.
But something goes terribly wrong during the segment, and a young woman is murdered in the same manner as Tara Mitchell was fifteen years earlier. Pressured by her producers to get the inside story, Nicole continues to investigate. As an attraction grows between her and Police Chief Joe Franconi, another identical murder occurs, and a menacing warning is delivered that the original killer is back to claim three more lives. The body count rises, and so does the danger to Nicole, who is attacked, barely escaping with her life. She and Joe must team up, as it becomes clear that the killer has set his sights on her as his next victim.
Tabloid reporter Nicole Sullivan reports on a splashy séance relating to the community's only unsolved murder 15 years earlier--the grisly stabbing of Tara Mitchell. Right on cue, twin screams curdle the air as a copy-cat murder occurs, convincing all that a long dormant killer has resurfaced. Joyce Bean brings to life a pulse-pounding story line, using distinct voices for the feisty heroine, a sexy leading man, a colorful cast of secondary characters, a few ghosts, and a pig named Cleo, who loves bacon. When Bean describes flip-flops flapping, it's bound to tickle your alliteration bone. K.A.T. (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine
About the Author
Karen Robards is the author of more than twenty novels, most recently the New York Times bestseller Vanished. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky.
