



As Reina delves into the city's shadows, she untangles more than just the truth behind a devious crime. Reina resolves to find the real killer and defend the Vodou practice and customs, but the motives behind the murder are deeper and darker than she imagines. Detective Roman Frost, Reina's ex-boyfriend-a fierce nonbeliever-is eager to tie the crime, and half a dozen others, to the Vodou practitioners of New Orleans. After a ritual slaying in the French Quarter, police arrest a fellow vodouisant. Gifted with water magic since she was a child, Reina is devoted to the benevolent traditions of her ancestors. Haitian-American Vodou priestess Mambo Reina Dumond runs a healing practice from her New Orleans home. A practitioner of Vodou must test the boundaries of her powers to solve a ritual murder in New Orleans and protect everything she holds sacred.
