All the Colors of Night

 

All the Colors of Night (Fogg Lake #2)- Jayne Ann Krentz

Berkley Publishers

Release Date: January 5, 2021

Rating: 📚📚📚📚

Synopsis: North Chastain possesses a paranormal talent that gives him the ability to track down the most dangerous psychic criminals. When his father suddenly falls into a coma-like state, North is convinced it was caused by a deadly artifact that traces back to the days of a secret government program known only as the Bluestone Project. North knows his only hope of saving his father is to find the artifact. He is good when it comes to tracking down killers, but to locate the relic he’s going to need help from a psychic who knows the shadowy world of obsessive collectors, deceptive dealers and ruthless raiders.…

With her reputation in ruins after a false accusation, antiques expert Sierra Raines is looking for a fresh start. She turns to the murky backwaters of the paranormal artifacts trade, finding and transporting valuable objects with a psychic provenance. When North Chastain approaches her for help, Sierra takes him on as a client, though not without reservations. North represents the mysterious Foundation, the secretive organization established to police the underworld populated by psychic criminals and those, like Sierra, who make a living in the shadows of that world.
 
North and Sierra soon find themselves at the scene of the Incident, which occurred decades ago in Fogg Lake. The town and its residents were forever changed by the disaster in the nearby Bluestone Project labs. The pair unearths shocking truths about what happened that fateful night, but they are playing with fire—someone in town knows what they’ve discovered and will do anything to make sure the secrets stay buried.

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Jayne Ann Krentz continues her Fogg Lake series with Sierra Raines, a descendant of Fogg Lake residents effected by the Incident- a secret government lab experiment gone wrong that gave most of the town psychic abilities.  Sierra is a go-between in Seattle, assessing the provenance of paranormal artifacts and delivering them to collectors.  So when North Chastain arrives in town to find the artifact that put his father in a coma, she's the logical choice to help.  But they find themselves unravelling mysteries of the past, all seemingly connected to Fogg Lake and paranormal weapons that people died to protect, and killed to uncover.

This is a book about turning points, new beginnings, and closing the past. Sierra is floating through life, knowing what she does isn't her calling, but not yet sure what her calling is.  She wants to help people the way her parents do, but not in a corporate environment the way North does.  So the dangerous world of paranormal artifact collecting is as good as any in the mean time- crazy gun wielding collectors not withstanding.  North is losing his psychic abilities and has no idea what he'll do when they've gone. He is trying to figure out who he is without his talents, but saving his father comes first.  It was a really interesting and effective combination to have two strong characters who know how to handle themselves who are both also vulnerable and searching for their true path in life. 

Those who haven't read The Vanishing already won't have too much trouble coming in on book 2 of the series. While there are some overlapping characters and Fogg Lake and the Foundation remain at the center of the mysteries, All the Colors of Night can still stand on its own like any series Krentz has done.  Unusually, she gives us a bit of a teaser about what's coming up in her next Fogg Lake book, and the clues are both ominous and exciting.  It looks like I may have to recommend reading the first two books before book 3 comes out next year- which won't be a hardship to anyone! Krentz continues her easy style of writing, filling her book with light witty humor, dangerous power hungry villains, and enough psychic thrills to please any paranormal romance reader. Long time Krentz/Quick/Castle readers will be happy when the Arcane Society finally gets mentioned here, with a few clues that they are still running.  Will we see Arcane and the Jones family return to center stage in book three? Will Arcane and the Foundation have to work together to handle dangerous paranormal weapons and the remnants of Vortex? We have a year to wait and find out, but another Amanda Quick book this spring to help us fill the void.