Karen Marie Moning, Darkfever

Darkfever

Karen Marie Moning

Delacorte, November 2006, $20.00

ISBN: 0385339151

MacKayla Lane is stunned when she is informed that her sister Alina was murdered in Ireland. When Mac concludes that the Dublin police seem uninterested or incapable of solving the homicide, she flies from Ashford, Georgia to Ireland. Her plan is to light a fire under the cops, or if that fails investigate on her own.

However, Mac is further stunned when Alina leaves her with an odd cell phone message on top of her sudden ability to see creatures that do not exist outside of mythology, fantasy or horror tales. Jericho Barrons insists Mac is a sidhe seer who has the uncanny skill to see fairy and other supernatural species. He needs her to find the stolen Sinsar Dubh, a tome that can be used to open the gates between dimensions. Mac agrees on the condition and he helps her find out who killed her sibling and why.

DARKFEVER is an excellent twenty-first century fantasy that brings to life paranormal species and elements in a modern day context. The storyline starts off as a seemingly straightforward mystery, but quickly turns into a romp on the wild side, as Mac and her mysterious Jericho partner try to locate the dark tome and uncover who killed her sister. Karen Marie Moning provides a terrific thriller starring an intrepid heroine who already could see the Fae, but has to adapt to much more good and evil in a vast universe filled with strange and wondrous things.