Curse of Salem
Contents ( 30)
Titles by Kay Hooper
Bishop / Special Crimes Unit Novels
Haven
Hostage
Haunted
Fear the Dark
Wait for Dark
Hold Back the Dark
Hidden Salem
Curse of Salem
The Bishop Files
The First Prophet
A Deadly Web
Final Shadows
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Hooper, Kay, author.
Title: Curse of Salem / Kay Hooper.
Description: New York : Berkley, [2021] | Series: The Bishop/Special crimes unit
Identifiers: LCCN 2021025319 (print) | LCCN 2021025320 (ebook) | ISBN 9781984802927 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781984802941 (ebook)
Subjects: GSAFD: Suspense fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3558.O587 C87 2021 (print) | LCC PS3558.O587 (ebook) | DDC 813/.54--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021025319
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021025320
Adapted for ebook by Estelle Malmed
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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CONTENTS
Cover
Titles by Kay Hooper
Title Page
Copyright
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Epilogue
Character Bios
Psychic Terms and Abilities
Author’s Note
About the Author
PROLOGUE
Salem, North Carolina
Megan Hales could feel her heart pounding, her pulse beating in her ears, a panicked, fluttery sensation that stole her breath.
I need to leave. I need to get out of here.
She had to move fast. Before he could stop her.
Even with the stark uneasiness driving her, she kept telling herself that was stupid, he wouldn’t do that, there was no reason he would . . . but she kept remembering a look in his eyes the day before, something undefined that had caused her to go cold all of a sudden.
Fear. She was afraid of him.
The sense of safety she’d always felt in Salem, in the house where she’d grown up, was gone. The familiar bedroom felt weirdly alien, as if all the lights were on too bright, hurting her eyes. The silence thrummed in her ears, and her fingers felt awkward as she hurried.