The sleepy
town of Newbury, Connecticut, is
shocked when a little girl is
found brutally murdered. The
town’s top detective, perplexed
by a complete lack of leads,
calls in FBI agent Leia Bines,
an expert in cases involving
children.
Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Gram, a
psychiatrist at Newbury’s
hospital, searches desperately
for the cause of seven-year-old
Naya Hastings’s devastating
nightmares. Afraid that she
might hurt herself in the midst
of a torturous episode, Naya’s
parents have turned to the
bright young doctor as their
only hope.
The situations confronting Leia
and Peter converge when Naya
begins drawing chilling images
of murder after being bombarded
by the disturbing images in her
dreams. Amazingly, her sketches
are the only clues to the crime
that has panicked Newbury
residents. Against her better
judgment, Leia explores the
clues in Naya’s crude drawings,
only to set off an alarming
chain of events.
In this stunning psychological
thriller, innocence gives way to
evil, and trust lies forgotten
in a web of deceit, fear, and
murder.
In this stunning psychological
thriller, innocence gives way to
evil, and trust lies forgotten in a
web of deceit, fear, and murder.
"The seminal work of this fine
author kept me glued to my chair
until the adventure was over and the
mystery solved. A great read!"
-- Judge Judy Sheindlin
author of Don't Pee on My Leg and
Tell Me It's Raining.
Star of Judge Judy, the TV Show
"A fascinating debut-this novel
takes the reader to the darkest
places in the human soul, from a
writer with the authenticity to lead
us there. A stunning thriller and an
important read."
-- Linda Fairstein
the New York Times best-selling
author of Killer Heat, Bad Blood,
Death Dance, and Entombed
“A
fascinating debut - this novel takes
the reader to the darkest places in
the human soul, from a writer with
the authenticity to lead us there.
A stunning thriller and an
important read.”
-- Linda
Fairstein The New York Times
Best selling Author of
“Lethal
Legacy,” “Killer Heat,” “Bad Blood,”
“Death Dance”& “Entombed.”
“A Circle of
Souls is a rare combination of
horror and hope. Preetham Grandhi
has seamlessly sculpted a fierce
page-turner.”
-- Paul
Castro Original writer/creator
of the hit feature film
August Rush
&
UCLA screenwriting professor
“A Circle of
Souls is pure psychological
suspense. A novel that opens the
reader up to the mysteries of the
human spirit and the darkness of the
human mind. A compelling novel that
does more than make you turn the
pages, it makes you think.”
--
International Bestseller, M.J.
Rose. Author of
“The
Reincarnationist” & “The Memorist”