Dying to Dream In the Beacon
Akron Beacon Journal
Sunday July 14th, 2013
Long’s
‘Dying to Dream’ continues psychic theme
Among
Uniontown author Kathryn Long’s previous books are the comic Lilly M. mystery
series about a sort-of clairvoyant woman who lives with her meddling extended
family in a town that very closely resembles Barberton. Long’s new novel Dying
to Dream carries over the psychic theme into darker intrigues with a deep
southern flair.
The
main character is Marin Seurat, who’s relocated to Quebec but has been fetched
home to Louisiana by her cousin, Charlene. There’s a curse on their family and
a possible hidden treasure that Marin may be able to find by watchful attention
to her dreams and the occasional visits of ghosts. A more immediate issue is
the apparent suicide of Marin’s former flame’s father, who was despondent after
his fishing business was destroyed by the Gulf oil spill. Was it really murder,
and can Marin and Trent recapture their romance?
The
cousins’ wily, interfering Tante Louise, who practices voodoo and usually is
mixing up a gris-gris, and a stranger who’s competing with Trent for Marin’s
attentions work into the plot. The narrative is sprinkled with French Creole
expressions.
Dying to Dream
(243 pages, softcover) costs $15.95 from Mainly Murder Press. Long will discuss
and sign her book at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Green branch of the Akron-Summit
County Public Library, 4046 Massillon Road.
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