An Uncertain Currency

"Murder mysteries, clairvoyants and Southern mill towns are not subjects that immediately pique my interest. Nevertheless, authors Witlin and Sawyer have combined these disparate elements to craft a compelling tale, abetted by a fine and fiercely drawn cast of characters. Mario Castigliani, an aging European aristocrat and widower, has a genuine psychic gift that he has lovingly named la Lucia. But he has abused his power to the extent he can no longer count on it to earn his living. On a tour of ill-paying one-night stands, in the dog days of August, he is stranded in a Georgia mill town . A series of strange suicides has drawn the attention of the town's young police chief, the rawboned Beau Tyler. He asks Mario to help with the investigation. As their relationship grows, the reader wonders if the pair are really investigating a series of murders or if they are playing an obscure psychological game."