Bad dreams and monsters are for children, right? Kate Reilly had never suffered bad dreams until recently, when violent nightmares began waking her from her slumber in a pool of sweat? Kate Reilly is a homicide detective with Somerset Police. The media call her the "Voodoo Guru" after a particularly brutal black magic ritual murder that she successfully investigated. She has worked on a number of homicide cases both in Somerset and abroad and her area of expertise is ritual murder. Her in-depth knowledge and experience of religious and ceremonial rituals has led her on a career path of solving ritual crimes.