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When Alexandra Owens travels to Sonoma, California, to unearth her mysterious past, she finds herself racing to discover the connection between her terrifying visions and a string of ritualistic murders.

<br />I generally like Erica Spindler's books but couldn't get into this one. The info on wine country was great and not excessive. But the characters had no depth. I really didn't care about any of them and the ending was stupid and not everything was resolved. Plus I don't get the thing with Alex and Reed. They never went out in public together and half the time Reed thought Alex was a murderer. There were three or four sex scenes which totaled, not kidding, about two pages. Borrow this one from the library.

An edge-of-your-seat, riveting read! Ms. Spindler always manages to outdo herself! <br /> <br />Alexandra Clarkson's mother, Patsy, has mental health issues and is an artisit who never completes her paintings. Alexandra is having nightmares with visions of cult activity and doesn't know where these dreams are coming from. <br /> <br />Alexandra and her Mom have lived alone since Alexandra was 5-years-old but her Mom would never tell her who her father was and it bothered Alexandra a great deal. One evening Alexandra arrives home to find her Mother dead, she had comitted suicide. Devastated and not knowing what to do with herself, she climbs into the attic and finds an old trunk with some memoribilia in it which leads her to Sonoma County, wine country. <br /> <br />Alexandra has gone there to try and figure out who she is and who her father is and why her Mother never told her. During her stay there, strange and terrible things begin to happen and the family she encounters appears very unhappy that she has sought them out. But why? The more Alexandra digs for information, things begin to happen; people are murdered, a house burns down, someone is found hung, and the wine caves seem to have some unknown power over Alexandra and she doesn't know why. <br /> <br />Alexandra hooks up with Detective Daniel Reed and they begin a love affair but will Reed end up having to arrest and charge Alexandra for some heinious crimes? The outcome will surprise you. You'll think you have this story figured out but believe me, you won't!! <br /> <br />This is a MUST read and make sure you have a few hours of free time ahead of you because once you begin, you won't be able to put this down, I know, I stayed up all night!!! <br />

I've not started reading this yet, but I've read every one of Erica's books & I know it'll be good.

This book was a quick and easy read. I wasn't sure if I figured this one out until the very end. Nice edge of your seat read especially for vacation. I had the main suspect pegged but I wasn't sure how the other characters played into the crimes. Therefore, I went back and forth about some of the secondary suspects. I would however, liked more information and clarification on the use of the chopsticks (trying not to give too much away). I can't wait for Spindler's next book!!!

Excellent book. Erica Spindler is never a disappointment. I grew up in the wine country and Erica's descriptions are right on, so it was a particularly good read for me. A recommended read for any avid murder mystery fan.