City of Masks: a Cree Black Thriller.CITY OF MASKS: A CREE BLACK THRILLER. Daniel Hecht. 2003. Read by Anna Fields. 11 tapes. 16 hrs. Blackstone Audiobooks. #3169. 0-7861-2541-1. $76.95.Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. A This superbly crafted and wonderfully read story of paranormal paranormal, adj 1. outside the realm of normal experience or scientific explanation. n 2. collective term for anomalous phenomena. occurrences presents an intimate portrait of the city of New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded . Author Hecht reveals the underlying, darker side of the city, and why it deserves its name as the "City of Masks." Cree Black, a parapsychologist par·a·psy·chol·o·gy n. The study of the evidence for psychological phenomena, such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and psychokinesis, that are inexplicable by science. from Seattle, is summoned to the ancestral home of the old and respected Beaufort family. Several ghostly presences have appeared to a young woman in this family that not only threaten her sanity, but her very life. While researching the family's history to account for the supernatural happenings, Cree's powerful empathic em·path·ic adj. Of, relating to, or characterized by empathy. Adj. 1. empathic - showing empathy or ready comprehension of others' states; "a sensitive and empathetic school counselor" empathetic abilities bring up her own personal demons Demons See also devil; evil; ghosts; hell; spirits and spiritualism. ademonist one who denies the existence of the devil or demons. bogyism, bogeyism recognition of the existence of demons and goblins. . With the help of an enterprising investigative reporter, she finds an old servant who may be the key to what happened many years ago. This story makes a solid case for the presence of ghosts and the methods used to find and dispose of them. Reader Fields' fully voiced performance is so strong that it's easy to forget that this is a work of fiction. She does accents from Southern to Brooklynese all very well. Miles Klein, Frisco, TX |
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