Grace Jelsnik

Dominoes Grace Jelsnik

Reggie Corcoran lost more than her memory when she was abducted at the age of twelve: She lost her family. When her new psychic abilities manifested, her zealot mother proclaimed her a demon changeling, and the twelve-year-old girl was subjected to shameful exorcism and painful ostracism. The home in which she'd once derived comfort became a hostile environment as, one after another, Reggie's siblings turned their backs on the girl who'd survived a brutal kidnapping and returned . . . different. All but one. Detective Stephen Corcoran, Reggie's brother, joined the police force because of his determination to bring justice to the little sister he'd watched progressively withdraw into herself, transforming from a cheerful child into a cautious woman. For thirteen years, Stephen has investigated the abduction that took from both of them a loving family. Now he and his partner, Detective Zack Grafton, are investigating a murder that might finally provide the answers he and Reggie seek. Zack Grafton, a veteran detective with a long-standing antipathy toward so-called psychics, resists Reggie's involvement in their case, but even he is won over by the woman's dignity and strength. When her input on the murder goes well beyond educated guesses, he realizes that all trails lead to Reggie. Detectives Grafton and Corcoran must solve the case of her kidnapping before they can solve the homicide, and when the body count rises, the two detectives realize it's only a matter of time before the perpetrator hones in on his real target: Reggie.