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Book Review of Superstition

Superstition
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Pawleys Island SOuth Carolina. Sunny, idyllic and picture perfect, until a tabloid news program airs a spalshy segment about the community's only unsloved murder-the grisley stabbing of teenager Tara Mitchell and the subsequent disappearence of her tow best friends, not thought to be long dead. In the years since the murders, several families have moved into the mansion where the crime occurred, each claiming that the dead girls still haunt the house. Beautiful redheaded reporter Nicole Sullivan, sensing the story that could be her big break, arranges for her mother, a renowned psychic, to contact the three victims in a live seance on the show Twenty Four Hours Investigates. But something goes terribly wrong during the segment, and a young woman is murdered in the same manner as Tara Mitchell was fifteeen years earlier. Presurred by her producers to get the inside story, Nicole continues to investigate. As an attraction grows between her and Police Chief Joe Franconi, another identical murder occurs, and a menacing warning is delivered that that the original killer is back to claim three more lives. The body count rises, and so does the danger to Nicole, who is attacked, barely escaping with her life. She and Joe must team up, as it becomes clear that the killer has set his sights on her as the next victim.