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The New York Timesâ€"bestselling author â€œmasterfully combines historical thriller and supernatural horror . . . [for] fans of occult thrillers like those by Dean Koontz” (Booklist, starred review).

Economic collapse. Crushing unemployment and breadlines crowding city streets as crime spirals out of control. The Great Depression has enough misery for all, and some to spare. But for angel-faced grifter John Partlow, the American South in 1934 is a land of opportunity. The small-time confidence man stumbles into the big leagues when he partners up with beautiful hustler Ginger LaFrance. Seduced into her high stakes plot to kidnap the young children of a New Orleans shipping magnate, John realizes he's in over his head when Ginger's fierce desire to see her scheme succeed could mean a gruesome end for their innocent victims.
 
Unless young Nilla can wield her secret gift in time. Though she's never heard the term, nine-year-old Nilla is a Listener -- someone who can telepathically pick up on the thoughts of others like themselves. Nilla has started to communicate with another Listener -- a young black man struggling to find his way as a porter at the Union Station. Their lives couldn't be more different, and though they have never met, their shared bond is so strong that Curtis is ready to risk it all to answer her cry for help. But will it be enough to save two children from the merciless hands of hardened criminals?

“Race relations are one subject of this seductive slice of supernatural noir set in 1934 New Orleans . . . McCammon conjures believable characters whose sympathetic plight pulls the reader headlong into the novel's volatile mix of crime and fantasy. Its tense finale, paced at breakneck speed, will have readers turning pages until its surprise-packed end.” -- Publishers Weekly 
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