Fifteen-year-old Martika Galvez has been having strange, vivid dreams about a jaguar and the jungle. Then she has another experience that sends tingles down her spine. One Saturday when helping her mother, Aurelia, clean a big house in Pacific Palisades, Markita picks up a bracelet she finds on the floor in one of the rooms she is cleaning. A vision flashes before her eyes and she drops the bracelet. “What is happening to me?” Markita agonizes. After her quinceanera, Markita and her mother, Aurelia, are called to Ted Colton’s house. His daughter has been kidnapped and Ted is contacting anyone who might have come in contact with her. Does this have to do with the visions and dreams Markita’s been having?
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World War II ends leaving Beverly and Evie Spooner’s anxiously awaiting the return of their solider. Evie’s step-father, Joe, returns a year later. When Joe finds out that an old war buddy, Peter Coleridge, is trying to track him down, Joe plans a spontaneous vacation to West Palm Beach, Florida. When Peter shows up at their hotel in West Palm Beach, Joe seems very tense. Evie falls head-over-heels for the handsome and gregarious young man against Joe’s wishes. Perhaps Peter isn’t exactly who he seems to be. When a tragedy occurs, Evie finds herself having to make some hard decisions regarding her family and Peter.
This is Alane Ferguson’s third forensic mystery featuring Cameryn Mahoney. Cameryn is an assistant county coroner in Silverton, Colorado working for her father. Cameryn plans to be a forensic scientist when she graduates from high school. Cameryn and her mother, who has just recently returned to Silverton after a long absence, are getting to know one another and working on building a relationship when a mysterious hitch-hiker is found dead. The last person to see the hitch-hiker alive was Cameryn’s mom, Hannah, who gave the young lady a lift. As evidence is uncovered, Cameryn must decide whether to share information that may incriminate her mother.
