Synopsis
Walking a lonely forested valley on a spring morning in upstate New York, having been hired by a developer to dowse the land, Cassandra Brooks 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, on 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.When Cassandra's dark forebodings take on tangible form, she is forced to confront a life spiraling out of control. And soon she is locked in a mortal chess match with a real-life killer who has haunted her since before she can remember.
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Review
This sublime new novel detonates the very notion of genre. And it works because it is riveting, insightful, sentence by sentence charged with feeling, as it bears us helpless with it on its downward journey to illumination -- Peter Straub, winner of Bram Stoker Award Beautifully written and tautly paced... a tale whose subtle and mysterious confluences are as elusive as water underground -- Thomas H. Cook, winner of the Edgar Allen Poe Award Superb. The only thing I did for two straight days was read this book-it really is that riveting... somehow alchemically able to combine suspense, wonder, and romance all in one seamless story that kept you guessing -- Jonathan Carroll, winner of World Fantasy Award Chilling and impossible to put down. Morrow is at the top of his form: bold, original, and mesmerizing. Truly a stunning achievement -- Valerie Martin, winner of the Orange Prize Bradford Morrow is a force of nature... The Diviner's Tale will not only delight, it will endure -- Robert Olen Butler, winner of Pulitzer Prize in Fiction A chilling, genre-busting tale... just when you think it can't get any darker, Morrow reveals his trump card. Startling. * Daily Mirror *
Book Description
A mother experiences visions of a young girl's murder in this spellbinding story
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