The real fun here is in revisiting Reina-whose vodou practices and Haitian heritage make her an especially memorable heroine-and her loving, well-shaded community. Immediately spotting signs of a ritualistic killing, Reina worries that Vangie's case and the murder are connected-and that something magical is at play.

Reina reluctantly takes up the mantle of private investigator once more, and her sleuthing leads her to stumble on a corpse. Then her friend Evangeline 'Vangie' Stiles comes to her for guidance: $5,000 has mysteriously appeared in her joint bank account with con-artist husband, Arthur, leading Vangie to believe that Arthur may be in over his head. After solving a murder in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Reina is happily back to focusing on fine-tuning her spells and performing rituals for goddess Erzulie, her spiritual patron. Publishers Weekly Review Vodou priestess Reina Dumond returns for another investigation in Henry's entertaining sequel to The Quarter Storm.

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As a killer wields dangerous magic to thwart Reina's investigation, she must tap into the strength of her own power and faith to solve a mystery that threatens to destroy her entire way of life. Reina resolves to find the real killer and defend the Vodou practice and customs, but the motives behind the murder are deeper and darker than she imagines.Īs Reina delves into the city's shadows, she untangles more than just the truth behind a devious crime. Detective Roman Frost, Reina's ex-boyfriend-a fierce nonbeliever-is eager to tie the crime, and half a dozen others, to the Vodou practitioners of New Orleans. Gifted with water magic since she was a child, Reina is devoted to the benevolent traditions of her ancestors.Īfter a ritual slaying in the French Quarter, police arrest a fellow vodouisant. Haitian-American Vodou priestess Mambo Reina Dumond runs a healing practice from her New Orleans home. A practitioner of Vodou must test the boundaries of her powers to solve a ritual murder in New Orleans and protect everything she holds sacred.

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