Diviner's Tale

"e;In addition to scaring the daylights out of us, The Diviner's Tale stands up for the offbeat and unconventional in human nature"e; (The Boston Globe). Cassandra Brooks is a diviner, what used to be called a water-witch. Hired by a developer to dowse some land in upstate New York, she is walking a lonely forested valley one spring morning when she comes upon the shocking vision of a young girl hanged from a tree. When she returns with authorities to the site, the body has vanished, leaving in question Cassandra's credibility, if not her sanity. The next day, during a return visit with the sheriff to have another look, a dazed, mute missing girl emerges from the woods alive, and the very picture of Cassandra's hanged girl. What follows is the narrative of ever-deepening and increasingly bizarre divinations that will lead this gifted young woman, the struggling single mother of twin boys, hurtling toward a past she'd long since thought was behind her. The Diviner's Tale is at once a journey of self-discovery and an unorthodox murder mystery, a tale of the fantastic and a family chronicle told by an otherwise ordinary woman who is about to be locked in a mortal chess match with a real-life killer who has haunted her since before she can remember. "e;[A] splendidly written mystery . . . A compelling story. Grade: A."e; The Plain Dealer "e;An astonishing writer."e; Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times bestselling author of Double Delight "e;Beautifully written, tight as a tripwire, The Diviner's Tale isn't quite like any ghost story I've read before."e; Boing Boing "e;Morrow quietly drops clues as he guides you deeper into the mystery of the dead girl and into Cass's own mind."e; The New York Times