From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham comes a new story in her Krewe of Hunters series…
Casey Nicholson has always had what her grandmother calls ‘The Touch.’
It runs in her family.
But even so, she isn’t prepared for the ghost in the old Nola graveyard who comes to her shedding tears that she can almost touch. She knows she’d been the victim of a malicious murder and fears now for her infant daughter and her sister, left to care for the baby.
The ghost is Lena Marceau, the tragic young woman who had married into the fabulously wealthy Marceau family of New Orleans. Her husband had died tragically and mysteriously just the year before and Lena is convinced that they were murdered by someone with an agenda, most likely to take over Marceau Industries, an architectural and engineering company dating back to French rule in the city.
Casey isn’t at all sure how she can help Lena. She isn’t an investigator or with any form of law enforcement. She has an art shop and reads tarot cards and tea leaves on Jackson Square and in her little shop.
But when she receives a visit from a tall, dark—and very handsome—stranger, she realizes that she’s being drawn into a deadly game where she must discover the truth or lose her own life in the trying.
Ryder McKinley, Special Agent with the Krewe of Hunters, has his own strange connection to the case. In New Orleans to solve the murder and protect the child, he has arrived at Casey’s shop on the hunt for the ghost of his murdered cousin. He fears the fact that Casey’s involvement puts her in danger, yet she’s already knee-deep in deadly waters. There’s nothing to do but follow the leads, lest all their souls fall prey to a vicious and very human evil.
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Review:
Casey Nicholson continues to be mistaken for a medium because she reads tea leaves and tarot cards. She doesn't speak to the dead, though, which is one criterion of being a medium. Until the day she does. While visiting a small, local graveyard, the ghost of recently deceased Lena Marceau reaches out to Casey. Lena knows her death is suspicious, just as she knows her husband's death was a year ago. Being dead makes is a challenge to prove it to anyone. This is where Casey comes in - who can apparently see and talks to ghosts now. Who knew?!
Casey knows that running to the police station telling them Lena's ghost can communicate with her will land her in a padded cell. What she doesn't plan on is one angry relative coming at her and finding out he's with the Krewe of Hunters. As Ryder and Casey delve into the deaths of Lena and her husband, they must also provide protection for Lena's baby daughter and Lena's sister. Whomever came after Lena and her husband, undoubtedly have their sights set on the baby next.
The Dead Heat of Summer was a suspenseful and action-packed story. The length of the novella was short enough to be read in a short time span, yet long enough to provide character development and allow a newbie to get a taste of the series. I enjoyed the author's writing style and world-building. I was able to visualize everything scene like I was there. I must confess - I've never read anything by Heather Graham until The Dead Heat of Summer. After reading the novel, I keep asking myself how it is I have never read anything by her. I'll be adding this author to my TBR now.
I was provided a copy of this book to read.
