The Fifth Petal
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
Salem's chief of police, John Rafferty, now married to gifted lace reader Towner Whitney, investigates a 25-year-old triple homicide, in which three young women, all descended from accused Salem witches, were slashed one Halloween night. Were the women...
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Salem's chief of police, John Rafferty, now married to gifted lace reader Towner Whitney, investigates a 25-year-old triple homicide, in which three young women, all descended from accused Salem witches, were slashed one Halloween night. Were the women victims of a human vengeance, or was the devil raised in Salem that night? And if they cannot discover what truly happened, will evil rise again?
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Could a witch hunt happen again in Salem?New York Times bestselling author of The Lace Reader Brunonia Barry returns to Salem with this spellbinding new thriller, a complex brew of suspense, seduction and murder.
When a teenage boy dies suspiciously on Halloween night, Salem's chief of police, John Rafferty, wonders if there is a connection between his death and Salem's most notorious cold case, a triple homicide dubbed "The Goddess Murders," in which three young women, all descended from accused Salem witches, were slashed on Halloween night in 1989. He finds unexpected help in Callie Cahill, the daughter of one of the victims newly returned to town. Neither believes that the main suspect, Rose Whelan, respected local historian, is guilty of murder or witchcraft.
But exonerating Rose might mean crossing paths with a dangerous force. Were the women victims of an all-too-human vengeance, or was the devil raised in Salem that night? And if they cannot discover what truly happened, will evil rise again?
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Chapter One
October 31, 2014
Salem
There were no witches in Salem in 1692, but they thrive here in great numbers now.
-Rose Whelan, The Witches of Salem
Rafferty had never seen so many trick-or-treaters on Chestnut Street. Nor had he ever been charged with escorting such a large Witches' March up to Gallows Hill. There were at least 150 of them this year-Wiccans, Druids, Celts, nature mama hippies with psychic tendencies, pantheists and polytheists all-walking slowly behind his 1980 Crown Vic cruiser, the one he'd rescued from the junk pile. For safety reasons, several streets had been blocked off. Traffic was already backed up onto Highland Avenue as visitors streamed into town for the festivities.
He'd been living in Salem for almost twenty years now. Back in the nineties only summer and early fall were filled with tourists; by midsummer you couldn't find a parking space anywhere downtown, which was a pain in the ass. But come November 1, you could park anywhere you wanted. Not so anymore. This was no longer a forgotten seaport. No longer an aging industrial city. Salem had been discovered, and not just as a tourist destination but as the new hot place to live. These days, you were lucky to get a parking space in town at any time of year, which is why Rafferty always drove the cruiser, even on his day off. As chief of police, he could double-park anywhere. More often than not, a tourist would ask him to pose next to the cruiser so they could capture its Witch City logo: a police badge emblazoned with a flying witch on a broomstick wearing a pointed hat.
But all that was nothing compared to what happened here in October. The city had been dubbed the Halloween Capital of the World. That was no big surprise. But no one had expected it could turn into a monthlong celebration. Lately, it was even more than a month, which was great for the merchants: The population grew by at least 300,000 each
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October. Every year Salem imported extra police from Boston and Lynn and as far away as Connecticut, and each year they were still shorthanded.
The crowds tonight were something. Even here, in this residential neighborhood, the trick-or-treaters were waiting in long lines for their candy at the Federal mansions that were decorated for the occasion.
Rafferty drove the wrong way up Chestnut Street to the corner of Flint.
"Hey, Rafferty," yelled a man dressed as a pirate and known locally as Worms, "write yourself a ticket. This is a one-way street!"
Each year the pirate reenactors gathered at the Phillips House museum, the only historic home open to the public on Chestnut Street, to sing to the children, and maybe scare them a little, too.
"Scallywag!" his companion, Mickey Doherty, growled.
"Argh!" Rafferty shouted back at them.
"Them's fighting words, John," Mickey said, taking it as an invitation to approach the cruiser.
"Argh is only one word, Mickey," Rafferty said. Mickey Doherty was more entrepreneurial than almost anyone in town. He owned two haunted houses on Derby Street and the pirate shop on the wharf, where he sold a bit of weed on the side. Since possession was a misdemeanor these days, and Mickey didn't sell to kids, Rafferty looked the other way. "And if you don't know that, you should lay off the Dark 'n Stormies. Isn't this a kids' party?"
Mickey laughed and pounded the cruiser with his fist. "This kind of fortification's the only way I can stand the little demons!"
Rafferty shook his head.
"Hey, what're the streets like?" Mickey wanted to know. "I spoke to Ann earlier, and she warned me. There's a weird energy tonight."
Ann Chase. Salem's most famous present-day witch. "Well, if anyone should know . . ." Rafferty said, and Mickey laughed. "Actually, it seems pretty tame to me," Rafferty said. It was true.
Fall had c
The crowds tonight were something. Even here, in this residential neighborhood, the trick-or-treaters were waiting in long lines for their candy at the Federal mansions that were decorated for the occasion.
Rafferty drove the wrong way up Chestnut Street to the corner of Flint.
"Hey, Rafferty," yelled a man dressed as a pirate and known locally as Worms, "write yourself a ticket. This is a one-way street!"
Each year the pirate reenactors gathered at the Phillips House museum, the only historic home open to the public on Chestnut Street, to sing to the children, and maybe scare them a little, too.
"Scallywag!" his companion, Mickey Doherty, growled.
"Argh!" Rafferty shouted back at them.
"Them's fighting words, John," Mickey said, taking it as an invitation to approach the cruiser.
"Argh is only one word, Mickey," Rafferty said. Mickey Doherty was more entrepreneurial than almost anyone in town. He owned two haunted houses on Derby Street and the pirate shop on the wharf, where he sold a bit of weed on the side. Since possession was a misdemeanor these days, and Mickey didn't sell to kids, Rafferty looked the other way. "And if you don't know that, you should lay off the Dark 'n Stormies. Isn't this a kids' party?"
Mickey laughed and pounded the cruiser with his fist. "This kind of fortification's the only way I can stand the little demons!"
Rafferty shook his head.
"Hey, what're the streets like?" Mickey wanted to know. "I spoke to Ann earlier, and she warned me. There's a weird energy tonight."
Ann Chase. Salem's most famous present-day witch. "Well, if anyone should know . . ." Rafferty said, and Mickey laughed. "Actually, it seems pretty tame to me," Rafferty said. It was true.
Fall had c
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Autoren-Porträt von Brunonia Barry
Brunonia Barry is the New York Times and international best selling author of The Lace Reader, The Map of True Places, and her latest book: The Fifth Petal. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages. She was the first American author to win the International Women's Fiction Festival's Baccante Award and was a past recipient of Ragdale Artists' Colony's Strnad Invitational Fellowship as well as the winner of New England Book Festival's award for Best Fiction. Her reviews and articles on writing have appeared in the London Times and the Washington Post, and the Huffington Post. Brunonia co-chairs the Salem Athenaeum's Writers' Committee. She lives in Salem with her husband Gary Ward and their dog, Angel. Gary and Bru are the organizers of the Salem Literary Festival.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Brunonia Barry
- 2017, 448 Seiten, Maße: 15,4 x 23,1 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Crown
- ISBN-10: 0451497295
- ISBN-13: 9780451497291
- Erscheinungsdatum: 16.01.2017
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Praise for The Fifth Petal:"Dark and suspenseful, Barry's well-constructed tale is filled with traps and red herrings as the truth is slowly revealed and Salem is forced to confront its sordid past."
-Publishers Weekly
"Barry fans will welcome the return of beloved characters and the introduction of new ones into a contemporary Salem appropriately fraught with remnants and reminders of its dark and twisted history. This spooky, multilayered medley of mysteries is sure to be a bestseller."
-Booklist (starred review)
"In contemporary Salem, a murder has taken place, with roots that reach back to the seventeenth-century witch trials. Filled with twists and turns, as well as ancient tradition and modern mystery, Barry's story has deft pacing, a marvelous sense of place, and a quirky cast of characters. The Fifth Petal is another haunting tale by the author of The Lace Reader where past and present collide."
- DEBORAH HARKNESS, New York Times bestselling author of the All Souls trilogy
"Brunonia Barry's Salem is alive with rich history, and with a unique and colorful cast of characters: witches and healers, lace readers, the well-to-do and the down-and-out. And everyone's got secrets. The Fifth Petal is a mesmerizing take on the ways the past affects and influences the present. "Time isn't linear," says one of the characters, and the way Barry artfully weaves together a modern-day crime, a twenty-five-year-old murder case, and the Salem witch trials, you'll close the book believing that she's absolutely right."
- JENNIFER MCMAHON, New York Times bestselling author of The Winter People and The Night Sister
"Banshees, lost memories, and secret pasts each play a significant role in this novel; enthusiasts of the author's earlier work and readers interested in the history of witchcraft and the occult will enjoy this return visit to Salem."
-Library Journal
"[An] entertaining occult murder mystery."
-Kirkus Reviews
"The Fifth Petal is a literary
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thriller that beautifully straddles the line between sensational and sublime, illuminating history and hysteria in a fictional context that never fails to resonate as being very much of this world."
- The Strand Magazine
"Barry's tale isn't just an intriguing and evocative story, but also a strong social commentary...The Fifth Petal is an imaginative and haunting book that appeals to the emotions, the senses and the intellect."
- The Book Beat
"There is true magic in The Fifth Petal, where Salem's dark history of murder threatens to destroy yet one more young woman, a descendant of one of the accused witches. As in The Lace Reader, Brunonia Barry weaves together ancient myths, modern mysteries and the power and wisdom of a cabal of fearless women who've been touched by the invisible world."
- KATHLEEN KENT, author of The Heretic's Daughter
"Brunonia Barry has done it again. If you liked The Lace Reader, you're going to love her new novel, The Fifth Petal. A real page-turner about murder and prejudice and love and what's possible and what isn't. Enjoy."
- B.A. SHAPIRO, New York Times bestselling author of The Art Forger and The Muralist
"A seductive combination of suspense, history, myth - with a sprinkling of the supernatural - The Fifth Petal is an enormously satisfying mystery novel. Brunonia Barry has created a world that is at once inviting and menacing, populated by characters both warmly familiar and surprising."
- ANDREW PYPER, author of The Damned and The Demonologist
"There are many writers who write wonderful books... then there are those rare writers who make magic. Brunonia Barry proves once again she is a sorcerer. Transported to Salem, I was lost in a Gothic tale that only the author of The Lace Reader could have conjured."
- M.J. ROSE, New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Language of Stones
"Written with pens dipped in magic and chills, THE FIFTH PETAL uncovers hidden corners where myth, malevolence, and fervor converg
- The Strand Magazine
"Barry's tale isn't just an intriguing and evocative story, but also a strong social commentary...The Fifth Petal is an imaginative and haunting book that appeals to the emotions, the senses and the intellect."
- The Book Beat
"There is true magic in The Fifth Petal, where Salem's dark history of murder threatens to destroy yet one more young woman, a descendant of one of the accused witches. As in The Lace Reader, Brunonia Barry weaves together ancient myths, modern mysteries and the power and wisdom of a cabal of fearless women who've been touched by the invisible world."
- KATHLEEN KENT, author of The Heretic's Daughter
"Brunonia Barry has done it again. If you liked The Lace Reader, you're going to love her new novel, The Fifth Petal. A real page-turner about murder and prejudice and love and what's possible and what isn't. Enjoy."
- B.A. SHAPIRO, New York Times bestselling author of The Art Forger and The Muralist
"A seductive combination of suspense, history, myth - with a sprinkling of the supernatural - The Fifth Petal is an enormously satisfying mystery novel. Brunonia Barry has created a world that is at once inviting and menacing, populated by characters both warmly familiar and surprising."
- ANDREW PYPER, author of The Damned and The Demonologist
"There are many writers who write wonderful books... then there are those rare writers who make magic. Brunonia Barry proves once again she is a sorcerer. Transported to Salem, I was lost in a Gothic tale that only the author of The Lace Reader could have conjured."
- M.J. ROSE, New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Language of Stones
"Written with pens dipped in magic and chills, THE FIFTH PETAL uncovers hidden corners where myth, malevolence, and fervor converg
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