Very mixed opinion on this one. The setup was great. I liked the tone at the beginning, lots of ominous signs and building tension. I liked how Bowen had them gradually suss out the motives of the cult. But the bit with the 10-year-old girl and the FBI agent Ripper was not funny. There was overt supernatural stuff happening besides the visions and premonitions. Benetsee has been a source of supernaturally derived info from the beginning, but his powers are amazing now - he apparently teleports DuPre into a heavily guarded mine miles away. Agent Ripper was so odd during the last chase sequence I was squinting at the page in consternation. The ending is unresolved. There's a big showdown with the cult, and the materials for nefarious plots uncovered, but it looks like all the surviving cult members just come back and go on doing whatever they do. As always I enjoyed the language and the setting and I like how DuPre and Madeleine play off each other, but the ending left me confused and unsatisfied. Five more to go in this series.
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