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Pearl is a psychic living in the small spiritualist community of Argo, making a living by reading auras, interpreting visions for visitors, and occasionally helping local law enforcement solve crimes with her intuitive abilities. Life is mostly peaceful until her friend Margaret Anderson, the director of Langford College Art Museum, is found murdered in a mysterious and brutal way. Margaret’s heart has been ripped out, and a red feather is discovered in her chest cavity.
Disturbed by her friend’s death and the subsequent visions and images she experiences, Pearl is determined to solve the case behind her friend’s murder. With the help of some local friends in Argo and Langford, Pearl finds herself researching ancient Mayan sacrificial practices and uncovering what might possibly be one psychic’s plan to bring about the end of the world. But as Pearl gets closer and closer to the truth, she realizes she might be the next victim.
In this supernatural mystery novel, Pearl is a woman caught between her calling as a psychic and the reconciliation of her past. As she learns of the various mythologies and cosmologies in the hopes of finding her friend’s murderer, she slowly comes to accept her psychic gifts and how they have influenced her life. The author does a great job of building up the tension and even misdirecting readers from who the killer is in a tale that draws inspiration from Mayan as well as New Age cosmology. The result is a fast-paced but tense storyline as one woman uncovers a looming threat and has to figure out how to stop it.