Unraveling
SynopsisPlot
Dr. Miranda Ecouvo, forensic therapist of the City, just helped put a serial killer behind bars. But she soon discovers that her investigation into seven unusual murders is not yet complete. A near-death experience throws her out of time and into a realm of labyrinths and spirits. There, she encounters brothers Chance and the Trickster, who have an otherworldly interest in the seemingly mundane crimes from her files.
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About this book
Dr. Miranda Ecouvo is a forensic therapist working in a place known simply as the City. She has just helped secure the conviction of a serial killer, but seven unusual murders from her caseload continue to trouble her. The investigation she thought was finished turns out to have loose threads that pull toward something far stranger than criminal psychology.
A near-death experience displaces Miranda from ordinary time and drops her into a realm of labyrinths and spirits. There she meets two brothers, Chance and the Trickster, figures whose interest in the murders she investigated is not professional or legal but otherworldly. The story moves between forensic detail and mythic territory, drawing on Caribbean storytelling traditions where trickster figures and spirit worlds sit close to everyday life.
Karen Lord is a Barbadian author whose previous work has been recognized with awards in speculative fiction. Unraveling is a standalone fantasy novel that combines crime narrative structure with elements of myth and memory. The setting shifts between a grounded urban world and a spiritual landscape governed by its own logic, and the central question is what connects a set of seemingly ordinary crimes to forces operating outside human time.
