The Soul Hunter
by Melanie Wells
Published by Multnomah Publishers (May 1 2006 Release)
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Reviewed by Sharron Stockhausen, MMA
We first met the quirky Dr. Dylan Foster in When the Day of Evil Comes, the first book in this spiritual warfare thriller series. On the eve of her thirty-fifth birthday, as she tries on a bathing suit in a department store and sees her backside in the mirror, she begins obsessing about reducing her thighs. While that may not be unusual, the bloody axe tossed onto the entrance to her house as a car sped away is.
Thinking she received a birthday present, Foster opens the door, picks up the axe, and gets blood all over herself just as her boyfriend appears to take her out for her birthday. But that's only the beginning. Demon Peter Terry appears in the middle of a wintry Dallas night and lets Foster know he's back by infesting her incredibly immaculate home with rats.
Once the police decide Foster isn't an axe murderer, she begins her own criminal investigation and discovers the secrets of the murdered co-ed raised in a religious commune.
That is when Foster's battle with Peter Terry begins in earnest. Both her personal life and her professional life teeter on the edge of a downward spiral as Terry works his evil against her.
Armchair Interviews says: Plan to feel the tension, to enjoy the intrigue, and to lose some sleep while this book keeps you guessing until the end.