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The Devil's
Footprints
by Amanda Stevens
A dark haunting
thriller unlocks the thoughts of a killer
The Devil's Footprints
by Amanda Stevens
chills and thrills with a dark mesmerizing story of legends, a past
murder and a hunt to unlock the past as a current day killer becomes
ever more closer. The Devil's Footprints is a fast-paced read
with a haunting eeriness as memorable imagery combines with a tight
plot structure.
A 1922 Arkansas legend tells of evil and cloven footprints in the snow
disappearing over a river and appearing on the other side, haunting the
memories of a town. Years later, the gruesome creepy murder of Rachel
DeLaune hearkens back to that legend. Cloven footprints reappear and
the sound of bells in the background, tolling out the gruesome death,
create an almost supernatural aura. The case remains unsolved, haunting
tattoo artist Sarah DeLaune to this day. When Sarah DeLaune's former
boyfriend and New Orleans police officer Sean Kelton encounters a
murder some 14 years later, he thinks Sarah's past might be the key to
unlocking the killer. An eerie similarity to Rachel's murder puts Sean
on edge. The sound of bells, tattoos and drawings in strange
undecipherable symbols add a mysterious, creepy dimension that needs
unlocking to understand the motive.
When additional murders occur, the bodies found near Sarah's home,
Sean's instincts about Sarah may lead beyond to clues. A new
urgency forces him to rely on Sarah to unlock the mysteries of the past
and present. Can Sarah trust him or herself to peer into the past? The
more she remembers, the more questions remain. As she becomes closer to
the truth, the killer becomes closer to her. Around Sarah, all moves in
a spiraling nexus of darkness that threatens to engulf everyone
connected to her. Can Sarah unravel the mysteries of her past in time
to save herself from the approaching threat?
As much as I adored this author's The Dollmaker, her new
thriller is even more memorable! Darker and creepier, the striking
imagery chills to the very core as the search for a killer unveils the
layers of darkness surrounding the events of the past. Amanda Stevens
allows the reader to see the killer, indeed to know the killer through
his own words and Sarah's past without revealing the identity. As an
author with a long history of writing romantic suspense, her entry into
the thriller genre brings with it a gift for peering into the very
heart of her characters, the dark place of the killer's mind that
chills beyond clues. Amanda Stevens makes the reader feel a certain
kind of empathy for the killer, creating a thriller all the more creepy
as the horrors and deeds are uncovered. A supernatural imagery mixes
with psychology to create a terrifying look into a cold case, memory
and the legacy of the present day consequences. Indeed, Amanda Stevens'
brilliant use of imagery gives an unusual glimpse into the dynamics
behind the murders. As the plot moves forward, clues lead the reader
deeper and deeper into the heart of the darkness. Until the very last
pages, everyone may be suspect. Fast-paced action mixes with a chilling
revelation as Sean and Sarah realize the terrifying end to their hunt
for a killer. The Devil's Footprints is a haunting thriller!
Buy The Devil's
Footprints Here
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From the back
cover:
The footprints etched the snow for miles,
passing
through walls and
crossing rivers…appearing on the other side as though no barrier could
stop them.
In 1922, a farmer in Adamant, Arkansas,
awakes to a noise on his roof
and finds his snow-blanketed yard marked with thousands of cloven
footprints. The prints vanish with the melting snow…only to reappear
seventy years later near the gruesome killing of Rachel DeLaune.
Years after her sister’s unsolved murder,
New Orleans tattoo
artist Sarah DeLaune is haunted by the mysteries of her past. Sarah has
always believed that her sister was killed by a man named Ashe Cain.
But no one else had ever seen Ashe. He had "appeared" to Sarah when she
needed a friend the most, only to vanish on the night of her sister's
murder. The past bleeds into the present when two mutilated bodies are
found near Sarah’s home, the crime scene desecrated by cloven
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