No one is more familiar with Savannah’s dark side than homicide detective and native resident Elise Sandburg. She’s been haunted for years by her own mysterious past: she was abandoned as a baby in one of the city’s ancient cemeteries, and it’s rumored that she is the illegitimate daughter of an infamous Savannah witch doctor. The local Gullah culture of voodoo and magic is one that few outsiders can understand, least of all Elise’s new partner. Now someone is terrorizing the city, creating real-life zombies by poisoning victims into a conscious paralysis that mimics death. As the chilling case unfolds, Elise is drawn back into the haunted past she’s tried so hard to leave behind.
Excellent Summer Read I read this book in one day. Something I haven’t done in quite a while. The characters were compelling. The plot fascinating. The dialogue excellent. If only all thrillers were this thrilling. I like Anne Frasier’s first two books but I loved this one. Her best so far.
The most compelling book I’ve read all year Once I started reading PLAY DEAD, I couldn’t put it down. I enjoyed HUSH and SLEEP TIGHT very much, but this is the best. Anne Frasier has a way of getting into the skin of her characters that makes every book unforgettable. Her characters are so unusual and so bent, yet by the end of the book they’re part of you. I finished reading the book yesterday, but I’ve been thinking about it ever since.
Hang on by Your Fingernails SUMMARY: Savannah police detective Elise Sandburg has enough to deal with: a house that’s falling apart, a difficult teenage daughter, and an annoying yet mysterious new partner. Suddenly, young male prostitutes start turning up dead….or somewhat dead. The tradition of voodoo in the Deep South get a new slant as freshly buried serial victims claw their way out of their final resting places. To catch the killer, Elise will have to delve deep into a past she relinquished a lifetime ago…