Sadie also has a hidden secret. She can see ghosts of the people who have just died (except for suicides) and she helps them come to terms with their death and cross over to the other side. Recently, Sadie and Zack have taken a couple of jobs cleaning up meth labs for a colleague who is out of town. While working on their current project, Sadie comes across several unsavory ghosts that lead her to believe this meth lab is not just that of a biker gang’s, but is connected to an evil cult. 

The next crime scene they clean also has connections to the same gang, but this one comes with a large amount of cash. The bikers are certain the cash was not entirely turned over to the police, and blame Sadie for the missing amount, causing her and her staff a great deal of trouble. At the same time, memories of her brother continue to haunt Sadie, and when she learns his former fiancée is living back in Seattle, Sadie and her sister seek her out. 

What they learn when they find Joy is very surprising, and what Dawn and Sadie uncover as they continue to seek answers in Brian’s death is truly evil, but will ultimately bring some comfort and closure to the family. 

The Devil May Ride, while containing some descriptively graphic scenes, is a first rate story with a great plot and great characters. Wendy Roberts deftly ties up Sadie’s clean-up scenes with the meth labs and cults and ties the entire plot back to Brian’s suicide, providing for non-stop action throughout the book. Plotting is tight and everything that happens is important to moving the story along. 

There is even some humor injected into this serious plot when Sadie cleans up the scene after two elderly sisters die within hours of each other and are not found for several days. The Devil May Ride is a thoroughly enjoyable mystery with a bit of woo-woo added in. Its great characters make this fledgling series sure to become a long standing favorite with readers.                                        

--Jennifer Monahan Winberry