Hanged Man

When a gathering of psychics, astrologers, and New Age practitioners turns deadly, a Santa Fe PI must find a killer in this "e;entertaining adventure"e; (Publishers Weekly). Thirteen prominent members of Santa Fe's New Age spiritualism community attended a meeting at the home of a couple of enthusiastic devotees. Only twelve of them survived it. Private investigator Joshua Croft prides himself on his even-handed, eminently rational approach to crime solving. So he feels like a fish out of water surrounded by a motley group of true believers in the wacky and weird. But someone in this bizarre crowd murdered self-styled magic-doer Quentin Bouvier, hanging him from the ceiling rafters with a scarf belonging to Tarot card reader Giacamo Bernardi. And Bernardi's attorney wants Croft to bring the real killer to justice. Perhaps Bouvier's slaying had something to do with a very rare and expensive antique Tarot card that the hanged man recently purchased, which is now unsurprisingly missing. However, getting down-to-earth answers from people who occupy a different reality won't be easy. But when more New Agers suddenly depart this mortal plane, Croft needs to up the ante to catch a killer who's not playing with a full deck.