Mill University’s parapsychology department was housed in an old ivy-covered…
The Sunset Grill just off Union Square featured light jazz…
Somewhere along the Idaho and Nevada border, Coulter found himself…
Anjali knew she was being followed.
Coulter was at a diner called Lenny’s off Mission Street…
The sun was shining. The birds were chirping. And Anjali…
Coulter hadn’t hustled any pool, cheated anyone at cards, or…
Vivica Bates was in a foul mood.
A carved wooden entrance sign informed Anjali she was in the…
A bar brawl was too risky.
Anjali stared at the house and felt her stomach clench.
Scott didn’t expect another case to fall into his lap…
The medical director of the Oakland Imaging Facility was an…
“Welcome to 1313 Mockingbird Lane,” Scott said.
During a brief stint in Texas, Coulter had romanced a…
“She cursed me,” Fitch whispered.
So a psychic and a ghost hunter walk into a…
Scott hit stop on the TV remote, and the footage…
Sunglasses shading her eyes from the morning sun, Anjali gazed…
The ringing of the doorbell startled Coulter out of a…
By the time they drove back to the city, regrouped,…
Looking around the room at the blinking lights and the…
“Anjali, it’s Zarina. Can you buzz me up?”
“Why’d you turn off Slayer?” Coulter demanded. They were driving…
“So,” Anjali said. “Is there a special woman you’re trying…
The next morning they were on their way back to…
Anjali sat on her sofa and stared at the coffee…
Scott drove around the Embarcadero looking for parking. Tourists thronged…
Vivica glared at the three men. “What do you mean…
Promptly at eight o’clock, Scott, Anjali, and Coulter were in…
Seven pairs of eyes were focused on Anjali.
She felt a wave of cold fright slide over her…
“What in God’s name are you making?” Scott stared in…
Pacific Grove was a ritzy beach town in Monterey County.
They drove up the mansion’s gravelly drive, dead leaves and…
“Well, someone should answer it,” Coulter said.
“We have to split up,” Scott said.
She lay on her back staring up at the ceiling.
Relax, Anjali told herself, blinking in the bright lights the…
A month had passed since the Booth House case.
The call came the next morning.
The Blaine military base would soon be home to thousands…
Both groups assembled promptly at four o’clock in front of…
An hour later they were back in the conference room…
Vivica waited at the entrance to the center with Maddox,…
The phone’s ringing woke Anjali up.
Anjali walked into the Flight Control Center.
She was hanging by a thread.
“Scott, people are staring at me,” Anjali said.
“I’m sorry I missed your cousin’s party,” Coulter said from…
Three very pale men wearing Bermuda shorts, Hawaiian shirts, and…