Élevé au sein d'une commune artistique fondée par ses parents, cet auteur a grandi entouré d'esprits créatifs de toutes disciplines. Une vie passée à exercer des métiers variés à travers le pays, de facteur à charpentier, a doté sa perspective d'une largeur et d'une profondeur uniques. Il trouve une valeur égale dans le travail manuel et l'effort intellectuel, une dualité qui enrichit son approche narrative. Désormais résident reclus du Vermont, son écriture reflète une profonde compréhension acquise en observant le monde sous de nombreux angles différents.
Op een school voor getalenteerde Navajo kinderen lijdt een vijftienjarige leerling aan bizarre aanvallen zonder dat daarvoor een lichamelijke of psychologische verklaring is; de hulp van Cree Black, parapsychologe in Seattle, wordt ingeroepen.
Wanneer een jong stel het verwoeste landhuis van een tante restaureert, ontdekken zij dat hierbij bovenmenselijke krachten zijn gebruikt en dat er in de omgeving enkele moorden zijn gepleegd.
Second in the Cree Black series (following City of Masks), this paranormal thriller is filled with fascinating elements of Navajo culture and traditional beliefs. Author Daniel Hecht finds a careful narrative balance between family drama, eerie occultism, and scientific examination. Teenager Tommy Keeday suffers strange and dangerous seizures while a student at a school for gifted Native Americans in New Mexico and is believed to be possessed by an evil Navajo spirit. Seattle-based parapsychologist Cree Black is asked to study and save the boy. Along with her team of ghost hunters, she uses her own empathic skills to delve into the dark secrets of the teachers and fellow students who might have something to do with Tommy's illness. Hecht makes a bold effort to give readers believable investigations into the supernatural. Cree considers and applies theories involving magnetic fields, mysterious energies, genetics, and geographical forces. The narrative is leavened with a great many separate back-stories, as several fascinating Navajo myths and local legends are discussed in depth. This plausible, spooky, and grabbing mixture of solid detective work and paranormal chills is highly recommended.
A spine-tingling psychological thriller from the bestselling author of PUPPETS Seattle-based Lucretia (Cree) Black is a parapsychologist: a professional ghost-hunter. Her company, Psi Research Associates, takes a scientific approach to investigating hauntings, applying in-depth historical research, psychological analysis and empathic techniques. Hired by Ronald Beauforte, a most reluctant client, to investigate the alleged haunting of his ancestral New Orleans home and save the sanity of his tormented sister Lila, Cree finds herself having to face up to her own haunted past. As she gets closer to the truth and the proverbial bones in the closet of the prestigious Beauforte family come crashing down around her, Cree must struggle to keep her own ghosts at bay.
Als een wetenschappersechtpaar onderzoek doet naar de oorzaken van criminaliteit, komen zij beiden in gevaar.
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A young man suffering from Tourette's Syndrome desperately searches for steady work before his ex-wife can claim custody of their son. He accepts a job offer from his eccentric aunt to repair her old Hudson Valley mansion, and takes his girlfriend along to help. Sifting through the rubble, he discovers that the house has been vandalized by an almost superhuman rage. And when dead teenagers are found in the area, the violent path leads directly to the mansion's door. To end the horror, he must confront his family's past, and the dark side of his own soul.
