Project Nephili

At the outset of Farmer’s fast-paced thriller, Angie McDowell’s boss at the Blytheville Express sends the dogged reporter to investigate Blytheville State, a Georgia psychiatric hospital, after the Department of Health and Human Services threatens to close the facility for mismanagement, a move that would put many locals out of work. Angie soon learns that the hospital zealously guards its secrets and that all copies of a history written by a former chaplain, who worked there for almost three decades, have disappeared. The rumors about what was going on at the hospital include claims that Martin Luther King’s assassination followed word that he was about to push for a federal probe into Blytheville State. Farmer consistently maintains the intrigue of the opening sections and doles out teasers at regular intervals, including references to the mysterious Watchers and Angie’s encounters with Sallie, a six-fingered ghost. [em](BookLife) [/em]