The Sorcerer's Circle
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
Michael Siverling's The Sorcerer's Circle offers another exciting private-eye novel, filled with the unique characters and stellar writing of his debut.
Jason Wilder was wounded in his last encounter with the bad guys, but he's back on the job and ready for another run-in. He's just about to close up the private investigation office owned by his mother, Victoria, for the night, when an elderly man enters. His name is Elijah Messenger and he says someone is trying to kill him. Jason gives him a polite brush-off, but the next morning he learns that the old man has indeed been murdered.
It's a morning full of trouble. The mayor arrives asking Victoria for help. His daughter has become involved with a group of "devil worshippers" and he wants her pried loose. When Mom learns that the group was from Messenger's church, she turns the case over to Jason, but, as always, keeps out a maternal eye.
Investigating the case forces Jason to juggle two relationships: a loving one with a beautiful single mother and a less-than-civil one with Police Officer Lori Banks, also referred to as "the Beast." If he can do that and avoid any more knife wounds, he'll be in good shape.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Set in River City, Calif., this fun follow-up to Siverling's debut, The Sterling Inheritance (2004), finds the peerless mother-and-son PI team of Victoria and Jason Wilder investigating the murder of self-proclaimed psychic Elijah Messenger. Plagued by a premonition that someone is about to kill him, Wilder seeks help from Jason, who turns him down. The next day Wilder is stabbed to death in a cult ritual gone awry. Jason gets a chance to make up for his misplaced skepticism when he and his mom are hired by River City's mayor, Vincent Addison, to locate his daughter, Anna. An acolyte of Elijah's, Anna fled the scene of the crime and is a prime suspect. Propelled by Jason's glib, 20-something voice, the mystery moves at top speed along some great twists and turns as Jason and Victoria seek to uncover Elijah's true identity and the motivations of his faithful followers.