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Dark Rites by Heather Graham
Krewe of Hunters series Book #22
4 ★
The witches, they are real....A series of bizarre assaults is mystifying Boston police: an unknown attacker is viciously beating random strangers and leaving a note quoting an old warning about witchcraft. History professor Alex Maple was one of the victims, and now he's gone missing. Vickie Preston is certain that someone has taken her friend for malicious purposes. She's having blood-drenched visions that seem to be staining her waking life, and the escalating attacks suggest that a dangerous cult is at work behind the scenes - a cult so powerful that its members would rather die than be apprehended. This has always been one of my favorite series. It has had ghosts, goblins, witches, vampires, werewolves, and many other things that remain nameless but were much better off dead. In other words, some of my favorite characters:) If you are a romantic there's even a little of that. I always like her books more when she combines tidbits of history with the story line which she very successfully has done with this one. We have Satan worshipers and Lizzie Bordon joining in the mayhem this time.... with a ghostly couple and a silent, spectral figure assisting the Hunters. Can't wait to get the next one. I understand that Edgar Allen Poe is going to be making an appearance.
