Product Description

A parapsychology experiment in the South Carolina Piedmont turns into a nightmare when photographer Kate McGuire sees a murder. Aside from her eccentric friend Venice, a complication all by herself, no one takes her seriously except the murderer, who takes her very seriously. The recurring vision of the murdered woman compels Kate to find the murderer, and her distrust of the press causes her to clash with the one person who can help her--a reporter who gets her deeper into trouble.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5270437 in Books
• Published on: 2002-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 186 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Good intentions go awry and a newly discovered psychic gift becomes life-threatening in Ellis Vidler's debut, Haunting Refrain. After a psychometric photographer touches a headband and witnesses, in her mind's eye, a missing coed's murder, and a reporter hard up for news mentions the mystery vision, the girl's killer embarks on a new homicidal mission: he'll do anything to keep Kate McGuire from getting him caught.
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Review
...this first novel [is] a good choice for readers who like a bit of the paranormal in their mysteries. -- Library Journal, June 1, 2002

Quirky, engaging characters .... Both Venice and Kate are charmers! -- Romantic Times June 20, 2002

Customer Reviews

exciting amateur sleuth tale
To please her friend, Kate McGuire agrees to partake in a parapsychology study at the local university in the Piedmont area of South Carolina. Nobody is more shocked than Kate is when she touches a headband and receives visions of a woman being strangled by a powerful man. The professor conducting the study tells her that the headband belongs to a woman that has been missing for a few days.

When the police find the body in a place that is exactly like Kate described reporter John Gerrard prints the story and includes the psychic's name. The killer reads the paper and decides to kill Kate before she can reveal his identity. John who has come to care for Kate, tries to protect her but the killer is determined that nobody gets in his way.

HAUNTING REFRAIN is an exciting amateur sleuth tale starring a reluctant psychic who sees her gift as a curse that frightens her. This weakness endears her to the audience because they can empathize with the heroine. The protagonist's romance with the reporter is a clever plot device that eases the level of tension caused by the killer's attacks. Ellis Vidler is a gifted storyteller who deserves a large following for her wonderful romantic mysteries like this one.

Harriet Klausner

Ellis Vidler-A new Star
I have just recently read this book, and was truly delighted with it. It has a little bit of everything mystery,woo-woo, romance which is not overdone. I will come back for all the Ellis Vidler books.

Summer is coming
This book is just in time for vacation. Good entertainment especially if you are a bit interested in those who have special senses. Kate, the main character, "sees" things happen to people she doesn't know. Mix up a bit of murder, mystery and romance and you have a good read!