Blood Sins: A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel (A Bishop/SCU Novel Book 11)

SUMMARY: Some sins cant be forgivenbecause some sins no one survives.New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper has touched our darkest fears but none so dark as in her latest thriller. Heres a psychopath who lures his victims with a promise no one can resistand demands a price no one would knowingly pay.Young, vulnerable, attractive, Tessa Gray made the perfect victim. Which was why Noah Bishop of the FBIs Special Crimes Unit recruited her to play the role of grieving widow. As the supposed new owner of property coveted by the Church of the Everlasting Sin, shed be irresistible bait for the reclusive and charismatic Reverend Samuel. His fortified compound in the mountains near Grace, North Carolina, had been the last known residence of two women murdered in ways that defied scientific explanation.Though hardly as naive or as vulnerable as she appears, Tessa knows she has a lot to learn about using her unique gift. She also knows that Bishop and the SCU have to be desperate to rely on an untried psychic agent in an undercover operation so dangerous. And desperate they are. For the killer theyre hunting is the most terrifying theyve ever faced and shakes even the most seasoned agents: a soulless megalomaniacal cult leader who can use their own weapons, talents, and tactics against them.By entering the cults well-guarded compound, Tessa will be exposing herself to the dark magnetism of a psychopath on an apocalyptic crusade of terror that spares no one, not even the youngest victims. And Samuel has protected himself within a fanatically loyal congregation, many of whom occupy surprising positions of power within the community. Even Graces chief of police, Sawyer Cavenaugha man Tessa will have to trust with her lifemay be unable to protect her. Because no one, not even Tessa herself, can guarantee shes strong enough to resistor powerful enough to battlea killer whos less than human. From Publishers Weekly In this disturbing paranormal thriller, the second in a trilogy (after Blood Dreams ) from bestseller Hooper, Noah Bishop, of the FBI's Special Crimes Unit, and Haven, a civilian investigative organization, take on the fanatical Rev. Adam Deacon Samuel. At age 10, Samuel murdered his abusive prostitute mother by using psychic powers, which a few years later increased after lightning struck him during a tent revival. Noah and his colleagues suspect Samuel, the leader of the Church of the Everlasting Sin, of killing at least eight people via supernatural means and of abusing young girls to enhance his powers. Tessa Gray, a Haven operative posing as a recent widow, reluctantly infiltrates Samuel's compound in the small town of Grace, N.C., near where the body of a fellow Haven operative surfaced in a river. Hooper pulls out all the stops in depicting the unholy preacher's apocalyptic breakdown as Noah's elite team tackles one of their nastiest assignments yet. (Dec.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Reverend Samuel, a charismatic, evil cult leader, has set up a community in a fortified mountain compound. He lures victims to the fold and then provides a taste of heaven by killing them. Noah Bishop and his FBI Special Crimes Unit need to get inside the Church of the Everlasting Sin to find out what is going on. Agent Tessa Gray infiltrates the group and, working withoperatives from Haven, a private agency, conspires to bring Reverend Samuel down. Another solid entry in the Special Crimes Unit series (Blood Dreams, 2008). --Barbara Bibel From Publis New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper delivers once again with this chilling novel in which the Special Crimes Unit sends a Haven operative undercover to catch a charismatic killer who promises his victims heaven in exchange for more than their lives. . . Young, vulnerable, attractive, Tessa Gray looked like the perfect victim. Which was why Noah Bishop of the FBI’s Special Crimes Unit recruited the novice operative to use as bait for a killer hidden inside the Church of the Everlasting Sin–a fortified mountain compound where at least two women have already been murdered in ways that defy explanation. By entering the cult’s compound, Tessa will expose herself to the dark magnetism of its leader and his fanatically loyal followers. Once she’s inside, no one, not even Bishop or the town’s chief of police, can guarantee she’ll come out alive. And not even Tessa knows if she’s strong enough to resist the lure of a killer who is less than human. All clues to the recent rash of murders point to the enigmatic Church of the Everlasting Sin and its charismatic leader, the Reverend Adam Deacon Samuel. But getting to the man known as 'Father' will be no easy task, for he is insulated within his flock of loyal minions--closely guarded by those who would gladly give their lives for his. Now, with the support of Haven, the civilian agency Bishop helped launch, the elite FBI Special Crimes Unit must go deep into the fold of a puppetmaster whose power reigns over more than they could ever have imagined