Writer Anneka Lowrie has burst onto the psychological thriller scene with a mystical novel that explores the intersection between ancient wisdom and the worst that human nature has to offer.
In this first book of the Johanna Kincaid Mystery Series, the author has snatched an unfortunately all too common event from the headline news. She weaves a gripping tale in which the power of corruption comes face to face with a force greater than wealth, status and financial gain. Lowrie reminds us "some of these events are true, most of the characters are fictitious, and all of the wisdom is real."
Synopsis of A CONVERGENCE OF CROWS:
The Wilds of Pennsylvania are a remote place where most residents are proud, self-reliant and hardworking. Those qualities and the area’s natural seclusion drew Johanna Kincaid to retire to the mountainside farm of Elk Run. She is now enjoying an idyllic refuge from her former fast-paced life as psychologist to the wealthy and privileged.
However, her newfound tranquility is quickly disrupted when a long time friend asks her to help with a troubling problem: how to hide the victim of a horrific crime from traffickers who want her dead. If she agrees, her life and those of her dearest friends will be in serious danger. If she fails, an innocent girl will die. Johanna must find a way to combine her adept knowledge of human behavior with impeccable training in an ancient wisdom practice. As she maneuvers her way through a series of complicated events, she discovers that she, too, is being relentlessly tracked like prey.
The inclusion of a more-than-human world is not as strange as it might seem. The author herself is a student of these extraordinary ancient ways and quickly demonstrates how seamlessly this wisdom is interwoven into everyday actions of which many people are unaware. In perfectly poised moments, she creates tense intersections between the manipulative rules of society and unassailable rules of spirit.
Told with equal parts horror, grief and humor, A Convergence of Crows succeeds simply because the stakes are real and, deep down, we all want to defeat the unconscionable crimes humans inflict upon one another.
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