Book Review: White Lies

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

White Lies     Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC
Jayne Ann Krentz
Class/Genre:   Romance   Mystery   Romantic Suspense   Paranormal
Series: The Arcane Society # 2
Putnam, Jan 2007, $24.95, 384 pp.

The Arcane Society founded in Victorian times to promote research in parapsychology, identify psychics and use their talents for the benefits in society is in trouble today. Fallon Jones knows that a cabal is being formed to take over the Arcane Society and get the formula that enhances a person’s psychic powers. One place the cabal is involved in is the company founded by Archer Glazebrook, a member of the society as are all the members of his family. Jake Salter an operative sent in to identify the cabal members is working undercover as a business consultant for Archer.

Clare Lancaster, the daughter Archer never knew he had, is summoned to her father’s home and is offered a job heading up a philanthropic foundation. When she and Jake meet they know that each is a powerful psychic with intense training. She is a sensitive and a human lie detector and he is a hunter. Eight months ago Clare rescued her sister Elizabeth from her husband’s murderous clutches and six months ago she was the one who found his murdered body. Now attempts are made on her life and she finds the body of Elizabeth’s mother in law. They think the four murders and other incidents are linked to the cabal. Now all they have to do is prove it and find the mastermind behind the killings.

Not many people can resist a Jayne Ann Krentz romantic suspense. Readers who read her historicals written under the name Amanda Quick will be delighted to realize that the descendents of the characters in SECOND SIGHT are featured in WHITE LIES; a tale filled with plenty of action, quirky psychically gifted characters and a powerful romantic sub-plot. Fans will look forward to more novels featuring the Arcane Society as they battle with the cabal.

Harriet Klausner

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