At the opening of Krentz's disappointing latest featuring the Arcane Society?a covert organization devoted
to paranormal research?costume shop owner Raine Tallentyre hears voices: in her deceased aunt's home in
Shelbyville, Wash., she discovers and rescues a potential serial killer victim, and locks in on the disturbed
killer's vibes. Raine's aunt also heard voices, but was also known as the town nut; Raine thus hesitates in
going public. Meanwhile, Zack Jones is a PI hired by the Arcane Society: he gets a visceral sense of crimes
with visions, but tracks Raine because of the secret research her father was doing on a special formula that
enhances paranormal powers. Raine, meanwhile, has always believed that her father was killed by a member of
the Society?one of Zack's relatives in fact?and is wary of Zack's motives. Krentz, who wrote the Arcane
Society novel Second Sight as Amanda Quick, knows how to make sparks fly among the gifted, but this outing
feels comparatively flat. The paranormal elements don't coalesce with the boy-meets-girl story. A repetitious
dwelling on Raine's past, whereby potential partners were creeped out by her abilities, is a less serious
flaw than the way the denouement makes use of them.

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