Rafael, the center of Hannah’s universe.
Hannah’s heart has room for everyone who meets her. Tatiana, the stunning and gorgeous former illusionist who will become a huge part of Hannah’s life and whose presence brings both mystery and warmth. Jonathan, the man she fell deeply in love with and is now set to marry, promising a future full of hope. Smith… the once antagonistic detective who slowly shifts into a complicated, begrudging ally. But none of these characters could top the enormous love she feels for Rafael. For Hannah, Rafael is the steady center of her universe. Time and time again, from the very start of the first book and continuing through the third, Rafael has proven how profoundly he loves his goddaughter and how far he is willing to go to keep her safe and cared for.
Similar to Paris Noir, he will once again be at the center of the action in The Thirteenth Riddle: A Poisoned Silence. At the start of the fourth book, she and Rafael are sharply at odds; he senses her anger and does his best—gentle words, concerned gestures—to urge her to calm down, but his efforts prove fruitless. Echoing DVEOCC, the heated, sprawling argument she has with Raf becomes a decision she comes to rue, especially once she discovers, to her horror, that he has been poisoned.
It will fall to Hannah in A Poisoned Silence to discover who is responsible for the poisoning of her beloved godfather. Her love for him is so immense that she will take the reckless, heartbreaking step of ingesting the very same toxin coursing through his veins, a desperate, audacious attempt to piece together the truth and buy him time—no matter the personal cost.
With the sands of time running low, Hannah and Rafael set out together on a fragile, beautiful journey to track down the antidote that could save them both. Along the way, Hannah begins once more to be haunted by visions of a strange carnival, where she is forced to take part in a tense game of chance that may lead her to the cure and to the rescue of her godfather. In this tale of poisoned silence, fate hangs precariously in the balance—there is only a fifty–fifty chance that he will live or die.
