A Thorn Among the Lilies by Michael Hiebert

A Thorn Among the Lilies by Michael Hiebert

Detective Leah Teal is privy to most of the secrets in her hometown of Alvin, but there are always surprises to be had. Like the day she agrees to take her daughter, Caroline, to see a psychic for a reading. The psychic hones in on Leah instead, hinting at a string of gruesome killings and insisting that she intervene to prevent more deaths.

When you go looking for trouble, you never know how much you'll find. Sure enough, the psychic's scant clues lead Leah to a cold case from six years ago, when a young woman was found shot to death, her eyelids sewn shut. As Leah digs deeper into old files, a second unsolved case surfaces with the same grisly pattern. While her shrewd young son, Abe, observes from the sidelines, Leah races to prevent another horrific murder, unaware of just how deep the roots of evil can go.

Taut, suspenseful, and rich in Southern atmosphere, A Thorn Among the Lilies is a mesmerizing novel of loss and vengeance, and the lengths some will go to out of loyalty and love.

Michael Hiebert is a novelist and short story writer who has won numerous awards. The New York Times Book Review states, There's something captivating about Hiebert's storytelling voice, low-pitched and softly musical. Publishers Weekly gave his debut novel, Dream with Little Angels (Kensington, 2013), a starred rating and added, It's receiving an abundance of critical acclaim. Publishers Weekly gave it a STARRED review, stating that it manages to soar as a stirring achievement.