These Ancient Bones

These Ancient Bones is book 2 in Heather Graham’s The Crows paranormal suspense series, a spin-off from the Krewe of Hunters. Paranormal investigator Shelly Mahoney has been transferred to the special unit when journalist George Maynard is found dead in his St. Augustine home, his body burned beyond recognition. At the scene, Shelly and federal agent Grant Markham find a stone marked with what appears to be an ancient curse involving fire.

Shelly can summon the dead, while Grant can see a victim’s final moments by touching the body. However, this time around, neither ability gives them any satisfactory answers. They have to find out who may have wanted Maynard dead and what the strange curse tablet has to do with his demise. Then a discovery at the morgue sends them to investigate in Italy, where another murder could be a further clue. But as Shelly and Grant get closer to the truth, Shelly becomes the next target…

These Ancient Bones,, book 2 in The Crows spin-off series from Krewe of Hunters, brings two members of the new team, paranormal investigator Shelly Mahoney and federal agent Grant Markham, to a strange crime scene that warrants her special ability, summoning the dead, to find out what exactly happened and why…

The case is sensational. Whistle-blower investigative journalist George Maynard has been killed in his St. Augustine home, his body so badly burned the morgue is needed to verify his identity. Paranormal investigator Shelly Mahoney has been transferred to a special unit to help law enforcement. Off the books, the unit is called the Krewe of Hunters and deals with “strange” cases.

At the murder scene with federal agent Grant Markham, Shelly makes an odd discovery: a stone etched with what appears to be a curse that invokes flames. If Shelly can use her ability to summon the dead—providing they have remained behind—she may unearth what happened.

Grant, too, has an unique ability. By holding the hand of the recently deceased, he can see what has happened to them. Yet in this case, neither of their gifts is of any help. As they set out to question those who might have had a motive, they also study ancient “curse tablets”—often used in the Greco-Roman world to cause death or warfare.

What ensues is a shocking discovery by the medical examiner and a search that takes the team to Italy where a similar murder may reveal the creators of the mystical tablets—made deadly with a little human assistance. But soon, the danger is closer than ever—because the target is Shelly . . .

Part of The Crows series – see the full reading order on the Heather Graham Books in Order page.