Waking Hours
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Lis Wiehl
Pete Nelson
Welcome to East Salem. A deceptively sleepy town where ancient supernatural forces are being awakened.A local high-school girl is found murdered in a park amid horse farms and the wealthy homes of northern Westchester County, New York. The shocking manner of her death intrigues forensic psychiatrist Dani Harris. All the suspects are teenagers who were at a party with the girl—yet none remembers what happened. Could one of them be a vicious killer? Or is something more sinister afoot—something tied to an ancient evil?Across town, former NFL linebacker Tommy Gunderson finds his state-of-the-art security system has been breached by an elderly woman. Mumbling threats in Latin, she attacks him with an uncanny, preternatural strength. Before he has time to process the attack, someone close to him is implicated in the girl’s murder at the park. He agrees to help—and finds himself working with Dani, the only girl who could resist his charm years ago when they were in high school.A heavy darkness is spreading. Yet a heavenly force is also at work.Dani and Tommy suspect there’s more to the mystery than murder, more to their growing friendship than chance . . . and more to the evil they’re facing than a mere human killer.
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Author
Lis Wiehl
Pages
336
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Published Date
2012-07-02
ISBN
1595549420 9781595549426
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"Well maybe if you are reading this you are saving yourself the trouble. *Face Palm* I did not know this was a Christian paranormal murder mystery thriller. Honestly words that should not be paired together if you are a true thriller fan. Of course while subtlety pushing the Christian agenda there was no thrill ride here. I will say it was decently written up until the last few chapters. <br/><br/>The writing style was cold at times and straight forward. I liked that. But since I didn't know it was a Christian thriller Tommy's praying thru me off everytime. Especially since he didn't seem religious until he needed something. Honestly it was like beliefs were sprinkled in here and there and towards the end the dumpster unloaded it in one fell swoop.<br/><br/>While the book didn’t come off as a comedy I still chuckled quite a bit. Yet this is a thriller. I mean it takes place in Salem. Where is the sense of dread? There was also no big reveal or twist. To tell you the truth I wouldn't even call this a thriller I would call it a Christian paranormal murder mystery. For me the story went from a 3 star to a 2 in juat the last couple of chapters. <br/><br/>Still there was so pretty good theories in here. The author clearly did some homework.<br/><br/><br/>"That's why little girls are so much sneakier than little boys. They're playing sophisticated headgames while little boys are still firing imaginary laser beams from their fingers.""
Ashley