Raintree: Haunted (Silhouette Nocturne)

Raintree: Haunted (Silhouette Nocturne)
by Linda Winstead Jones

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Author: Linda Winstead Jones
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-01
ISBN: 037361764X
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Silhouette

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Book Review: The best book in the Raintree trilogy
Summary: 4 Stars

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Gideon Raintree is a homicide detective who never fails to get his guy. This is because as a member of the magical Raintree clan, he has a few extra talents up his sleeve. He can speak to the ghosts of the victims to find out what really happened. He also has the ability to harness electricity and use its energy as he chooses. Now as the equinox approaches and danger looms from the enemy Ansara clan, his powers go haywire and the last thing he needs is a new partner.

Hope Malory is all about practicality and new to Homicide and eager to prove she has what it takes to be a detective. While she does not even remotely understand her new partner's odd idiosyncrasies, she is eager to work with this star detective on the Force. When their investigation into a serial killer starts to reveal some very unusual clues, everything Hope believes is put to the test, and she finds herself drawn deeper into the magical mystical world of Gideon. Now the greatest danger may in fact be to her heart.

Gideon is my favorite of the Raintree clan. Even from his short introduction in Inferno, I knew I liked him... Strong, seductive, stubborn, with a wicked sense of humor, and a fierce dedication to his duty. Oh yeah, and we can't forget his ability to harness and manipulate electricity coupled with a talent for communicating with ghosts. What's not to love? His drive to find the answers and his penchant for talking to ghosts, make him a very formidable homicide detective who always gets his man (with a little help from the Other Side).

Hope grew up with a loveable but loopy flower-child mother and as a result scorns all things mystical and magical, believing only in what can be proven with science and logic. When she meets her new partner Gideon, he sparks all kinds of warnings for her. His secretive ways and his bad habit of talking to thin air make her wonder about the enigmatic man, but she can't help but be wildly attracted to him. As she spends more time with him, she comes to understand and even accept his ways, and can't help but admire how fiercely he upholds everything the police force stands for.

The story in Haunted is very dark. After all what is to be expected when you have a vicious serial killer with a sadistic streak and a detective to converses regularly with the victims, discussing the details of what happened? Yet there are enough funny and light moments to counteract the sinister feel, toning it down enough to keep it from going too far. Most of these lighter moments, if not all, center around the familial relationships. One especially tender touch was the ghostly Emma, who appears almost immediately, declaring herself Gideon's future daughter and bringing him a riddle about how she will come into being. (No, this is not a spoiler...) My favorite moment in the entire book comes when Gideon figures out the answer to the riddle. His reaction to this discovery is absolutely delightful and made me laugh out loud.

While the evil Ansara clan has a much stronger and more tangible presence in Haunted, the details of the rivalry are just glossed over, having been explained thoroughly in the preceding title, Inferno. However, don't let that fool you. Haunted is completely stand alone, providing us with a fully developed story in the middle of the bigger arc encompassing all three books in the trilogy. Additionally, Haunted ends with a bang, making readers more than a little bit eager to read the final installment in the Raintree saga.

© Kelley A. Hartsell, September 2007. All rights reserved.

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Summary of Raintree: Haunted (Silhouette Nocturne)

Their name is Raintree.

It's more than a last name; more than a notation on afamily tree. It's a mark of destiny. Each family memberhas a special gift, an otherworldly talent.

Gideon Raintree, a homicide detective, can harnesselectricity and talk to ghosts. He will need to wieldgifts he's kept hidden to solve his newest case?arelentless serial killer unleashed by the dark Ansarawizards. But first he must deal with his reaction toHope Malory, his alluring new partner. He'd neverplanned on love in the midst of battle. With evillurking at every turn, Gideon and Hope are in a raceagainst time to save their love, their family?and theirnewly conceived child.

"A love story, a mystery, an adventure? Haunted has it all, and the plot moves at a lightning pace. Linda Winstead Jones has a magic touch with paranormal, and, yes, the pun is intended!"?New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard

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