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Absolute Fear by Lisa Jackson
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Back to the creepy Asylum.. I've got this one up next.
I noticed that too Lisa. My library only has two more books in this series.
I just borrowed this one. It's next up for me too.
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A serial killer is stalking the streets of New Orleans. The victims are killed in a ritual fashion, a series of numbers tattooed into their bodies. There are no clues, no connections except one: a crumbling old asylum that was once the scene of unspeakable madness--and is now the calling card of a new kind of fear.
Is Searching For...
Eve Renner knows Our Lady of Virtues Hospital well. As the daughter of one of its doctors, she spent her childhood exploring its secrets chambers, hidden rooms, and forbidden passageways. Now, somewhere in the decaying asylum lies the key to a betrayal from the past whose echoes are being felt with a vengeance--a crime beyond imagining that seems to lead to Eve herself.
The Perfect Victim...
As each new body is found and forgotten, memories surface, and Eve must race to put together a deadly puzzle, one terrifying piece at a time. A killer is watching, planning, luring her back to the ruins of Our Lady and the shocking truths hidden there. For the sins of the past must be revealed, and the price paid--in blood...
Setting
New Orleans, Louisiana
Atlanta, Georgia
Prologue
36 Chapters
Epilogue
Character List
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Recurring
Eve Renner: Student working on her PhD in psychology. She’s 35-years old with red hair and green eyes.
Cole Dennis: Eve’s boyfriend, an attorney.
Reuben (Diego) Montoya: New Orleans Police Department homicide detective. He’s engaged to Abby. He’s 32-years old and wears an earring and has a goatee.
Abby Chastain: Photographer. Shes engaged to Reuben. She’s 35-years old and has reddish blond hair and gold eyes.
Rick Bentz: New Orleans Police Department homicide detective and Reuben’s partner. He’s married to Livvie. He’s in his late 40s and is 6’2” with thick brown hair and deep set gray eyes.
Olivia (Livvie) Benchet: Former owner of an antique and collectibles store in Tucson, now married to Rick. She returned to New Orleans to care for her dying grandmother and eventually settled her estate. She’s also working on her masters and working part time at The Third Eye. She has visions of murders. She has light brown hair and whiskey colored eyes.
Kristi Bentz: Rick’s 21-year old daughter who’s now working for an insurance company. She wants to be a true crime writer. She has long, reddish-brown hair and green eyes.
Brinkman: New Orleans Police Department detective.
Lynn Zaroster: New Orleans Police Department detective.
Louis Brounier: New Orleans Police Department detective.
Arvin Noon: New Orleans Police Department Junior detective.
Melinda Jaskiel: New Orleans District Attorney.
Yolinda Johnson: ADA handling Cole’s trial.
Stan Pagliano: Fire chief.
Norm Stowell: FBI profiler.
Bonita Washington: Lead crime scene investigator.
Inez Santiago: Crime scene investigator.
A. J. Tennet: Medical examiner tech.
Eleanor Cavalier: Program manager for WSLJ.
Zoey Chastain: Abby’s older sister.
Faith Chastain: Abby and Zoey’s mother, deceased.
Jacques Chastain: Abby and Zoey’s father.
Charlene Chastain: Jacques’ wife, Abby and Zoey’s stepmother.
Jennifer Nichols Bentz: Rick’s ex-wife and Kristi’s mother. She died in a car crash.
Father James McClaren: Former priest at St. Luke’s who was murdered by an earlier serial killer, The Chosen One. He’s Kristi’s biological father.
Hershey: Abby’s dog.
Ansel: Abby’s cat.
Samson: Eve’s cat.
Non Recurring
Terrence Renner: Eve’s adopted father. He’s a psychiatrist and formerly worked at Our Lady of Virtues Hospital.
Melody Renner: Eve’s adopted mother, deceased. She was Kyle and Van’s mother.
Kyle Renner: Eve’s adopted brother.
Anna Maria Renner: Kyle’s wife, Eve’s sister-in-law.
Van Renner: Eve’s adopted brother.
Sam Deeds: Cole’s attorney.
Royal (Roy) Kajak: Eve’s friend who was murdered.
Sister Rebecca Renault: Reverend Mother at Our Lady of Virtues.
Sister Vivian Harmon: Nun at the All Saints order.
Sister Odine: Nun at Our Lady of Virtues.
Father Paul Swanson: Retired former priest at Our Lady of Virtues Hospital.
L. J. Tiggs: Police officer shot in the line of duty.
The Reviver: Name the serial killer calls himself.
Ronnie Le Mars: Boy from Eve’s childhood who was being treated at Our Lady of Virtues Hospital.
Ellen Chaney: Former nurse at Our Lady of Virtues Hospital.
Lara Tennet: Former laundry worker at Our Lady of Virtues Hospital.
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Spoiler Info
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A. J. Tennet was “The Voice” behind the murderer Ronnie Le Mars, who he named the Reviver. He and Eve were twins born to Faith Chastain. Their father was James McLaren, Bentz’s half brother and Kristi’s biological father. Eve was given to Terrance who delivered both children. A. J. (Adam) was given to a woman who worked in the laundry who molested him and was obsessed with palindromes. He grew up resentful of Eve and plotted to kill those he held responsible for his fate and then Eve.
So, Kristi and Eve are half sisters. Abby, Zoey and Eve are half sisters.
Ronnie murdered Roy, Terrence, Sister Rebecca, and Sister Vivian. A. J. murdered Ronnie and Anna Maria.
Abby and Reuben are getting married in June. (hide spoiler)]