Haunted Destiny

The Celtic American Line's historic cruise ship Destiny sets sail from New Orleans with a killer aboard — someone the press has named the Archangel Killer for the way he displays victims in churches and leaves saints' medallions on the bodies. FBI Krewe of Hunters head Jackson Crow and local agent Jude McCoy work the case, while Alexi Cromwell, the ship's piano bar performer, finds herself drawn in when a ghost appears with testimony no living witness can provide. Heather Graham's eighteenth Krewe of Hunters novel delivers the series' signature blend of haunted romance and supernatural investigation.

Luke Daniels navigates the novel's New Orleans atmosphere and shipboard setting with the confident ease of a narrator who has become fluent in Graham's paranormal mystery idiom. His voice work on the developing relationship between Jude and Alexi gives the romance dimension alongside the thriller, and at just under ten hours the production maintains the series' balance between investigation and supernatural atmosphere. A strong series entry.