The Devil's Teardrop

Author: Clara M. Miller

ISBN 978-1-60264-250-8 (hardcover)

352 pages

In "The Devil's Teardrop" we once again concentrate on the younger generation of Quigleys. In this case Roarke and Mary Clare's daughter Jill and her husband, Michel Louis Giroux, son of Andre and Melisande. The couple, both archaeologists, run into a cursed gem which targets Jill as a sacrifice. The demon in the gem has garnered tremendous power since his incarceration in the stone and other demons (and mortals) are willing to do anything to co-opt that power. For the mortals, the demon's promises are always kept, at least according to his interpretation of that word, but a horrible death awaits the recipient of the promise. Michel Louis enlists the aid of his powerful uncle Myrddin but will that be enough to defeat the demon or will it require some divine interference? But then, the Old Man never interferes, does He?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The author was born in Buffalo, New York. In 1970 she and her family moved to a haunted house in southern New York State. The house became the subject of her first book, "Echoes of a Haunting." The experience precipitated a move west to California in 1975 where she worked for the City of Santa Clara until 1990. In December of that year she retired to the central Oregon coastal community of Florence with her mother, Ann. Their dog "Dear" Abby serves as their guardian angel. Regrettably, Miss Kitty died of kidney failure in May 2008 at the advanced age of 18. She has a fill-in (but not a replacement) named Keely. This is a phonetic version of her true name: Caoileigh which means beautiful in Gaelic. The name is very accurate.