Fans of magic and mystery, rejoice! The next book from the author of Angel Killer is on Edelweiss and coming out this summer.
Name of the Devil finds FBI superstar, Jessica Blackwood, back in action at the center of a very strange and religious-themed multiple murder. Horribly mangled bodies have been found in trees and a church appears to have spontaneously combusted.
Jessica uses her unique abilities to suss out a pattern that no one can see that takes her from Mexico to Miami and may or may not involve his eminence, the Pope.
This is a fast, fun, action-packed read with more of the details about magic that magician, Andrew Mayne, wove into his first story. There is also more backstory on Jessica's childhood, filled with questionable adult behavior on the parts of her father and grandfather. And of course…Damien plays a large role in helping Jessica out of binds.
However, the most interesting part of the book for me was the character of Max who collects data. He has figured out how to tap into information that was housed on computers at the dawn of the internet, plane manifests, adoption records – forgotten information on old hard drives. It's a very cool (albeit slightly terrifying if in the wrong hands) concept.
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– Annie