cemetary dance

The book that I am currently reading, Cemetery dance, by Douglas Preston & Lincoln child, is a fast paced, suspenseful and therefore a very interesting book. it takes place in Manhattan. it starts off with a very successful New York Times Reporter, William Smith Back Jr., being murdered in his apartment. the murderer not only murdered him, but also injured his shocked wife on the way out. William's wife was Nora Kelly, an archaeologist that works in the Museum of Natural History.

the story begins to get interesting because, when the police begin to investigate and interview the witnesses, they are all positive that it was Collin fearing. he used to be a tenent in the same building and had asked Nora out on dates ignoring the fact that she was married. the first conclusion was that Collin was mad at nora for rejecting him and blamed William. The problem, is that when the people in charge of investigating the crime (Lieutenant Vincent D' Agosta, and special FBI Agent Pendergast) look up Colin Fearing, reports say that Colin fearing was dead and Burried 10 days before the murder. his body had been found in the Harlem River, and his 'sister' came to identify him. but there is evidence that the person who killed William was Colin. there are witnesses, such as the doorman, who knew him for 6 years, and most importantly, a camera. when Colin walks into the building, he glances up at the camera. as if he was taunting the people that saw the video. as if he was saying "hey look at me i did it. but guess what? i'm dead".

the most puzzling thing, is that when they go try to find Colin's body to make sure it's not some kind of mostake, his body is not there. but a bunch of small objects that seem to be voodoo are pesent. then the investigation turns to a place called the ville. where animal sacrifice is suspected to go on in it. it is kind of like another religion, but they are hidden in manhattan. they have owned that land since before the civil war, so the state can't really do much about it. but it is suspected that they are behind William's murder because he wrote a series of articles on them and on their suspected animal sacrifices.
Afterwards, when Nora gets impatient with the police, she decides to go with another reporter, Caitlyn Kidd to go spy on the ville and see what they are up to. Caitlyn begins to write about what they witnessed and what happened when they were in the ville. and a few days after, while she is giving a speech to a bunch of other reporters, William Smithback appears and murders her in front of every one (including his wife) and manages to dissapear before anyone realizes what is going on. Nora, very frantic and scared, goes to the morge where they are investigating her husbands body for any clues, and demands to see her husbands body. freakishly enough, he is not there. just some paper mache coffin with a toothpick skeleton in it.