San Francisco fortune teller Warren Ritter once again is forced to confront his troubled past when a former acquaintance, now the wealthy leader of a church dedicated to Satan, blackmails him into investigating two of the congregation's leading members. By the author of Eight of Swords. 20,000 first printing.

Product Description: The cops have jailed the wrong person: dominatrix Thérèse de Farge. Sally McLaughlin, a feisty paraplegic hacker, sets out to save her friend and ropes Warren Ritter, sarcastic tarot card reader and general overall eccentric, into yet another murder investigation...read more

Tarot reader Warren Ritter has never believed in the cards’ power to foretell the future. But recently his predictions have come true with an unsettling regularity. When the first eight cards of teenage Heather Wellington’s Tarot are ominous, Warren stops the reading at nine cards instead of ten. After Heather leaves, he looks at number ten–the Death card…Warren knows the Death card isn’t a guarantee of doom, but it doesn’t mean there are good things ahead either. So he can’t help feeling horror later that day when he sees Heather’s face on the TV screen with the word “Kidnapped!” slashed across the top…Now Warren finds himself pulled into the mystery of Heather’s kidnapping—and then a bizarre murder heightens his fear for her life. Suddenly the cops, a beautiful lady, and a killer are all complicating Warren’s life. But the tarot cards have a final message for Warren: Only he can untangle the mystery of a young woman’s disappearance before it’s too late...

Warren Ritter's determination to live a peaceful life is threatened when he comes to the aid of his daughter, Fran, who is estranged from and embroiled in a custody battle with her police officer husband, Orrin, over their infant son, but when Orrin turns up dead and Fran is accused of the crime, Warren must draw on all his resources to clear her name. 15,000 first printing.

A practical guide to returning to work after a bout with addiction walks readers through the difficult process of living sober in the workplace. Original. (view table of contents)