Waking Hours

Marc Notes: Original publication and copyright date: 2011.; Includes a reading group guide.; All towns have secrets. Some have demons. Welcome to East Salem... Forensic psychiatrist Dani Harris and security system business owner Tommy Gunderson investigate the death of a teenager, while lawyers and school administrators try to stop the investigation. At the same time, an old woman speaks in Latin about a supernatural connection to the murder.. Publisher Marketing: Welcome to East Salem. A deceptively sleepy town where ancient supernatural forces are being awakened. A local high-school girl is found murdered in a park amid horse farms and the wealthy homes of northern Westchester County, New York. The shocking manner of her death intrigues forensic psychiatrist Dani Harris. All the suspects are teenagers who were at a party with the girl--yet none remembers what happened. Could one of them be a vicious killer? Or is something more sinister afoot--something tied to an ancient evil? Across town, former NFL linebacker Tommy Gunderson finds his state-of-the-art security system has been breached by an elderly woman. Mumbling threats in Latin, she attacks him with an uncanny, preternatural strength. Before he has time to process the attack, someone close to him is implicated in the girl's murder at the park. He agrees to help--and finds himself working with Dani, the only girl who could resist his charm years ago when they were in high school. A heavy darkness is spreading. Yet a heavenly force is also at work. Dani and Tommy suspect there's more to the mystery than murder, more to their growing friendship than chance . . . and more to the evil they're facing than a mere human killer. Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 08/15/2011 (EAN 9781595549402, Hardcover) Romantic Times 10/01/2011 pg. 50 (EAN 9781595549402, Hardcover) CBA Retailers 10/01/2011 pg. 34 (EAN 9781595549402, Hardcover) Library Journal 11/15/2011 pg. 63 (EAN 9781595549402, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Contributor Bio:  Wiehl, Lis Lis Wiehl is a "New York Times" best-selling author, Harvard Law School graduate, and former federal prosecutor. A popular legal analyst and commentator for the Fox News Channel, Wiehl appears weekly on"The O Reilly Factor, Lou Dobbs Tonight, Imus in the Morning, Kelly's Court", and more. Visit her website at www.liswiehlbooks.com Twitter: @LisWiehl Facebook: LisWiehlContributor Bio:  Nelson, Pete Pete Nelson is the author of several books, including "Left for Dead". He is also a singer-songwriter with a select but devoted following. He is not, however, the Pete Nelson who writes books about tree houses, although he has nothing against them. He lives in Westchester County, New York.