Dark Aura Trade paperback - 2009
by Diana O'Hehir
- Used
- Paperback
They're called indigo children-and one by one, they'redisappearing-in this "clever,witty and insightful"(San Diego Union Tribune) mystery.
Deputy Sheriff Carla Day is looking into thedisappearances of a few "indigo babies"-giftedchildren who radiate a purplish glow, accordingto aura-seers. Then a fifteen-year-old indigo child,Tamina, falls off a hillside rock to her death, andnobody knows whether it was an accident, suicide, ormurder. And just before dying, she whispers concernfor her own secret baby. Carla's father, an agingEgyptologist, might be able to help: he befriendedthe girl, but in his mental decline he confuses Taminawith Ta-Ent, a mythical journeywoman. Carla hasa town full of unreliable witnesses; if only she knewwhich of them to discount.
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Details
- Title Dark Aura
- Author Diana O'Hehir
- Binding Trade Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Very Good+
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Berkley, NY
- Date June 2009
- Bookseller's Inventory # 195045
- ISBN 9780425228838 / 0425228835
- Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 7.82 x 5.36 x 0.8 in (19.86 x 13.61 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, California, Northern
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
Deputy Sheriff Carla Day is looking into the disappearances of a few "indigo babies"-gifted children who radiate a purplish glow, according to aura-seers. Then a fifteen-year-old indigo child, Tamina, falls off a hillside rock to her death, and nobody knows whether it was an accident, suicide, or murder. And just before dying, she whispers concern for her own secret baby. Carla's father, an aging Egyptologist, might be able to help: he befriended the girl, but in his mental decline he confuses Tamina with Ta-Ent, a mythical journeywoman. Carla has a town full of unreliable witnesses; if only she knew which of them to discount.