Daughter of the Three Cries

About the Book

Welcome to sultry Miami—America’s last frontier and home to Alex Devlin, psychologist, law student, and part-time spiritual seeker. Cristina García, an old patient and daughter of a local legend, is shocked into action when her father, Jose García, reaches out to her from a dream, insisting she solve the mystery of his untimely death. Trusting no one, Cristina turns to Alex for help. Unable to say no, Alex is drawn into a web of mystical dreams, painful betrayals, and violent death.

Meet some of the people in Alex’s world: Jack McKinnon, veteran detective and Alex’s lover who tries to stop her investigations…Lena Devlin, Alex’s stormy Cuban mother who knows more than she’s telling…Rudy Villas, millionaire banker and member of ultra-elite Cuba 2000…Elena García, the good wife cast aside by Garcia’s hunger for the perfect woman…a nameless stalker obsessed with Alex…El Moreno, the philosophical drug lord…María de la Caridad, high priestess of Santería, who guides Alex into the power and meaning of her first cry…and Peter Iglesias, the one man Alex cannot forget. In the end, Alex solves the mysteries and learns she must follow her destiny as a Daughter of the Three Cries.

About the Author

IB Waara is a psychologist and law school graduate who, like Alex Devlin, is drawn to the spiritual side of life. She lives in Florida with her husband and several feline Zen masters.