A vanishing specter, a psychic gift, and a growing list of international cold cases...
Jannet Russman is a woman with incredible psychic abilities. Not only is she an empath, able to intuit and absorb the emotions of everyone around her, but she also has synesthesia, making her capable of powerful cross-sensory processing. Having honed these skills over her lifetime, Jannet has developed a heightened psychic capacity.
But Jannet is called to use her gifts for the greater good, traveling around the world to channel and crack investigations that have long gone cold. Her intuition draws her from her home in Portland, Oregon to Madrid, Spain, but not even Jannet could've guessed what awaits her.
Together with the police department of Madrid, Jannet is launched on a journey that brings her closer to the lead investigator, Mari, a peculiar and equally helpful entity named Tess, and the truth about the mysteries that keep her up at night.
Set between Madrid and Portland, Tess explores what it means to learn from the unexpected guides in our lives-no matter where we are in the world.
Praise for Tess:
"Tess is a book you will remember long after finishing it."
-Lisa Brown-Gilbert, Pacific Book Review
"The first book in a series, this novel is part coming-of-age story, part police procedural, and part travelogue. Jannet is an extraordinary woman, with empathic hypersensitivity and synesthesia, giving her greatly heightened psychic abilities. While traveling in Spain, she finds herself involved with the Madrid Police Department and the cold cases they are trying to solve. Can Jannet help the police to solve these cases in time? Who exactly is Tess, and what does she want with Jannet? All questions will be wrapped up in a thrilling conclusion that will leave readers wanting more. This is a novel that creates a unique atmosphere that will keep the pages turning."
-Elizabeth Creel, The US Review of Books