Deze auteur groeide op binnen een kunstenaarscommune, opgericht door zijn ouders, en werd omringd door creatieve geesten uit alle disciplines. Een leven lang werkte hij in uiteenlopende banen door het hele land, van postbode tot timmerman, wat zijn perspectief heeft verrijkt met een unieke breedte en diepte. Hij waardeert zowel handarbeid als intellectuele inspanning, een dualiteit die zijn narratieve benadering verrijkt. Nu een teruggetrokken inwoner van Vermont, weerspiegelt zijn schrijven een diepgaand begrip, verkregen door de wereld vanuit vele verschillende gezichtspunten te observeren.
Het sombere herenhuis in New Orleans staat weer leeg. De jongste telg van de oude familie was er ingetrokken met haar gezin. Nu heeft ze een ernstige zenuwinzinking. Therapie baat niet: ze blijft volhouden dat ze spoken heeft gezien... Haar broer roept de hulp in van onderzoekster Cree Black. Cree krijgt na gesprekken met de vrouw het gevoel dat er meer achter zit. Maar als zij in het verleden gaat graven, beginnen de bedreigingen en de blokkades. Wat is er gebeurd in dit huis? Wie zit er achter alle tegenwerking? En wat mag Cree niet ontdekken?
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.
Trying to escape an unending string of personal disasters in Boston, Ann Turner buys a piece of remote Vermont land and sets up a tent home in deep forest. She desperately wants to leave behind a world she sees as increasingly defined by consumerism, hypocrisy, and division. She soon learns she was mistaken in thinking a kindly Mother Earth would grant her wisdom and serenity in her new home: the forest is full of dangers, loneliness, and wild animals. Working as a farmhand, she discovers what hard work really means, about dairy farming ... and about herself. -- adapted from jacket.
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 stunning psychological thriller from the bestselling author of PUPPETS When Paul Skogland, who suffers from the mental disorder Tourette's syndrome, agrees to take on the repairs of the magnificent hunting lodge owned by his wealthy, eccentric aunt, little does he realise exactly what he's taken on. Inside the lodge lies a scene of almost superhuman destruction: a violence mirrored by a series of disappearances and grisly deaths haunting the region. As Paul delves into the wreckage, he can't help but wonder what dark passion - and what strength - could cause such chaos. Escalating events lead Paul deeper into his family's past, and as Paul faces the darker aspects of his own nature, he must brave the possibility that in saving those he loves, he might well destroy himself.
In City of Masks, the first Cree Black novel, parapsychologist Cree and her partner take a case in New Orleans's Garden District that leaves them fearing for their own lives. The 150-year-old Beauforte House has long stood empty, until Lila Beauforte resumes residence and starts to see some of the house's secrets literally come to life. Tormented by an insidious and violent presence, Lila finds herself trapped in a life increasingly filled with childhood terrors. It takes Cree's unconventional take on psychology and her powerful natural empathy with Lila to navigate the dangerous worlds of spirit and memory, as they clash in a terrifying tale of mistaken identity and murder.
