Sinners and Saints

By Eileen Dreyer

Book Overview

A forensic nurse. A missing sister. A city that holds its secrets closely-the new riveting suspense novel from USA Today bestselling author Eileen DreyerForensic nurse Chastity Byrnes is trying to put the past behind her. It has been ten years since Chastity exposed her father for the monster he was. Ten years since she made the accusations that shattered her family and sent her into exile. Ten years since she's seen her sister, Faith. Now, though, Faith needs her help. Chastity gets a call from Dr. Max Stanton, the brother-in-law she never knew she had, to tell her that Faith is missing. Max begs Chastity to come to New Orleans to help him find her. And even though Faith was the one who deserted Chastity so long ago, Chastity goes. To find her missing sister, Chastity has to battle her own demons in a city where forensics are an old boy's club and a woman can find trouble in her sleep. She has to wade through distrust and deceit to get to the truth, whether she wants to hear it or not. She has to rediscover the sister she lost by investigating fertility clinics, the powers of St. Roch, and the mysteries of voodoo. She has to discover why women who might have helped her sister are dying. As a hurricane threatens the vulnerable city, Chastity puts more than her life at risk as she fights to rescue her sister from the threat that stalks them both.... A searing portrait of family secrets and betrayals, Sinners and Saints is Eileen Dreyer at the top of her game.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312330685
• ISBN13: 9780312330682
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

I had goosebumps on my goosebumps!!

This book is a powerful romantic suspense. Although there is not much actual sex, the tension is beautiful and the characters are so loveable that you forget it's not a typical romantic suspense. I loved the characters, the way they were written and especially the twists and turns, all of which I never saw coming! Definately a good read, but don't expect it to be romantic in the ways a Nora Roberts or Sandra Brown romantic suspense is.

Compelling crime thriller with one of the most believable and interesting heroines yet

Chastity Byrne's life is going as she wants: she's a forensic nurse, got a new puppy, everything in order. Then, her ER doc mentions "Chaos Theory" and only minutes later, everything goes rapidly downhill. She gets a desperate call from a brother in law she never knew even existed. Her sister, Faith, who'd abandoned her more than 10 years earlier at 16 is missing. Her 'new' brother in law, Dr. Max Stanton, is desperate to find his wife. Chastity is convinced to go to New Orleans to seek out a sister she's not even sure she wants to find. She discovers pretty quickly that everyone who's given Faith any help is being killed off. Worse, there's a hurricane coming and there's only one thing that Chastity fears more than that... Her father---who coincidentally is alive, well, and out of jail. "Sinners and Saints" is a very well-written thriller that sinks its hooks into you and doesn't let go. Chastity Bryne is one of the strongest heroines I've ever read--despite her fears and wish not to go on. This is my first Dreyer novel and I can assure you--will not be my last.

Fabulous Book!

Oh my gosh, what a great book! Chastity Byrnes, a forensic nurse in St. Louis, gets a phone call from a brother-in-law she never knew she had. Her sister, Faith, had left home ten years ago and never contacted her because of very serious things which had happened during their childhood. Now Faith's husband, Max, desperately needs Chastity to come to New Orleans to look for his wife, who has again disappeared. Against a deadly backdrop of an impending hurricane, Chastity finds herself in the world of NOLA before Katrina, where nothing is exactly as it seems. Her search takes her into the voodoo world as well as the exclusive southern high society world in the worst and best parts of New Orleans. She winds up investigating some questionable fertility clinics and several murders with the help of a badly burn-disfigured cabdriver and a close friend who is also a forensic nurse in New Orleans (both of whom I adored). But Chastity, in spite of horrendous internal demons that keep her fingering a bag of jewels in her pocket to keep those demons away, is the undisputed kickass heroine of this book. It's been a long time since I've read a thriller this exciting. Good thing it was, too, because I had to read it in bits and snatches over the past two weeks. The thing that struck me most was that the plot and writing and characters and location were all so vivid and memorable that no matter where I had to leave off, when I picked it back up again I remembered everything and never once had to go back a chapter or two to refresh my memory. If I don't have time to just sit and read a book right through and it sits more than a few days it takes an exceptional book to pull me back. This book pulled me back time and again; I almost couldn't bear to put it down. It'll be a long, long time before I forget SINNERS AND SAINTS.

The BEST novel by far by a talented author !!!

I happily count Eileen Dreyer among my friends! As emergency dept nurses we were planning to retire as authors.....you'll note she's in print, and I'm not! Eileen is a very gifted writer, and this book is a HUGE step in becoming a New York Times Best Selling Author! Congratulations Eileen!

brilliant crime thriller

Just when forensic nurse Chastity O'Connor believes she has her life on track, a call from New Orleans turns her world upside down. The brother-in-law she never knew she had calls to tell her that her sister Faith is missing. Chastity hasn't seen her sister or her mother in a decade ever since they abandoned her when she was sixteen forcing her to live on the streets. Even though she knows her sister blames her for sending their father to jail, Chastity goes to New Orleans to help in the search for her sibling who she believes disappeared when her mother died in order to escape reality. Three women associated with Faith and the fertility clinic where she was donating her eggs have been murdered all by the same killer. Chastity now fears that Faith ran because she was afraid for her life. Desperate to find her sister, she falls into a murderer's trap but with the assistance of a sexy cab driver, she might escape in time to save her sister. The heroine is one of the most courageous characters to ever grace the pages of a novel. Despite the abuse she suffered as a child and overcoming traumatic fears, she makes the effort to save the sister who discarded her and never tried to make contact with her. The villain is hidden in plain sight and will come as quite a shock to the readers who never would have guessed the identity. Eileen Dreyer writes a brilliant crime thriller that starts off fast and never slows down until the last page is turned while also filled with excellent characterizations, realistic action scenes and terrific pacing. Harriet Klausner