In the Hour of Crows

In a small town in Appalachia,people paint their doorways blue to keep spirits away. Black ferns grow where death will follow. And Weatherly Opal Wilder is a Death Talker. When called uponshe can talk the death out of the dying and save their lives; only oncenever twice. But this truly unique gift comes at a pricerooting Weatherly to people who only want her around when they need her and resent her backwater ways when they don’t. Weatherly’s cousin Adaire also has a gift: she’s a Scryer and can see the future reflected back in dark surfaces. Right before she is killed in an accidentAdaire saw something unnervingand that’s why Weatherly believes she was murdered–never thinking for a moment that it was an accident. But when Weatherlyfor the first timeis unable to talk the death out of the mayor’s sonthe whole town suspects she is out for revengethat she wouldn’t save him. With the help of clues Adaire left behind and her family’s Granny Witch recipe boxWeatherly sets out to find the truth behind her cousin’s deathwhatever it takes. Imbued with magicwitcheryand suspenseDana Elmendorf’s In the Hour of Crows is a thrilling tale of friendshipidentityand love.