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Former LAPD cop turned private investigator Yolanda Ávila blames herself for her mother's death. If she'd only followed her cop instincts instead of the juju—her random prophetic dreams—the perpetrator would have been off the streets and her mother would still be alive. The only salve against her guilt is Yolanda's vow to reject that juju crap, and to solve cases using only good solid detective work. But when her godson is kidnapped and his parents are suspected of murder, Yolanda finds herself caught between what she feels and what she knows.

Rookie Detective Veronica Shade experiences the world in a way no one else can. Her rare condition, multi-modal synesthesia, lets her hear whispers of deceit, smell the scent of fear, and see the aura of hidden guilt. A secret she's kept hidden, her talent has catapulted her to being one of Oregon’s youngest and most promising detectives, at the cost of any semblance of a normal social life.

Quando un corpo appena mummificato viene ritrovato al museo di storia naturale di Brighton, il detective Francis Sullivan non riesce a crederci. Chi è quella donna? Ma poi per la città iniziano ad apparire vasi sepolcrali egizi contenenti parti del corpo e messaggi criptici, e Sullivan si rende conto di avere a che fare con un serial killer. Vendetta, ossessione e un'antica religione sembrano aver trovato la perfetta sintesi in questo caso, che campeggia su tutte le prime pagine di cronaca nera, scatenando un'ondata di terrore in tutta Brighton.