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A body in a bookstore. A girl who can move objects without touching them. Kidnappers on the prowl. Claire and Hugh confront red herrings and a ruthless killer as they protect Noon’s exceptional children, including their own, from an encroaching menace.

Ten-year-old Cissy has psychic powers and is troubled by an ominous family secret. When a woman tries to kidnap Cissy on the same day that a woman is found dead in Noon, Mississippi. Claire McClanahan can’t help but get involved. To save Cissy and themselves, she and her husband, Hugh, must sort out alleged satanism, ritualistic animal sacrifices, and gangster-style executions and endure a late night confrontation in an abandoned church cemetery.

Addie stands over a dead Peeping Tom, holding the murder weapon and refusing to explain. Did she kill him, or is she covering for someone? Her sister Claire stands between Addie and the death penalty, but she and her husband, Hugh, are only visiting, and Claire is desperate to leave her home town and settle into retirement with Hugh.