Did you know that October 31st is Increase Your Psychic Powers Day?
I didn’t know it. Guess that means I’m not psychic. But I was curious so, like a good librarian, I began researching the topic. And discovered… Well, not a whole lot.
The day is rumored to have its origins in England back in the nineteenth century even though no one seems to have heard of this holiday until recently. Halloween is regarded as the day when the veil between the physical world and the spiritual world is weakest, so some believe if you are going to try out your psychic powers October 31 is the best day to do it.
I guess if I were psychic I would have known all about it.
Anyway, I decided to abandon the research and delve into the world of fiction. And here I hit paydirt. Literature abounds with tales of psychics.
Andrew Greeley, famous for his Blackie Ryan mysteries, also has a series about Nuala Anne McGrail, Irish immigrant, beautiful, a gifted singer, and, oh yes, psychic. She uses her psychic skills to solve mysteries. The first book in this series of twelve is Irish Gold.
The Arcane Society novels by Amanda Quick and Jayne Ann Krentz (who just happen to be the same person) revolve around a mysterious society of people with psychic powers. The Amanda Quick books are set in England at the end of the nineteenth century. The Krentz books are all modern. All the tales are romantic suspense with a dash of psychic power.
Kay Hooper has a mystery series that is described as psychic suspense. Her hero is FBI agent Noah Bishop, whose rare gift for seeing what others do not helps him solve the most puzzling cases. The books are denoted by the tagline Bishop/Special Crimes Unit and as of 2013 there fifteen titles in the series.
There are many, many more great novels about psychics. If you have a feeling you’d like to peruse a few, here is a short list, in no particular order, of ten more popular titles:
- Road Dogs by Elmore Leonard
- The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
- By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz
- Pandora’s Daughter by Iris Johansen
- Before I Say Goodbye by Mary Higgins Calrk
- Darkness My Old Friend by Lisa Unger
- What I Had Before I Had You by Sarah Cornwell
- The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho
- The Dead Path by Stephen Irwin
- The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley
For a lengthier list of titles, concentrate really, really hard… Or just click this link and peruse our catalog.
It’s a great time to curl up with the latest cozy mysteries.
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