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From the very first page, Spiral will pull you into its haunting world of mystery and suspense. Set in Memphis, Tennessee during the 1940s, this page-turning thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. When a young girl goes missing, it sets off a chain of events that will unearth the dark secrets and unethical traditions of the town's elite. As the search for the kidnapper intensifies, it becomes clear that this is not an isolated incident. But when a gifted African American child with the ability to communicate with the dead becomes involved, the true scope of the ...

Thriller scribe Sophie Katz is as hard-boiled as a woman who drinks Grande Caramel Brownie Frappuccionos can be. So Sophie knows it's not paranoia, or post-divorce, living-alone-again jitters, when she becomes convinced that a crazed reader is sneaking into her apartment to reenact scenes from her books. The police, however, can't tell a good plot from an unmarked grave.