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The Hanged Man

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In South Florida, the police refuse to believe psychic Mira Morales that a bloody murder is about to occur. However, Mira's prediction turns out to be very accurate as renowned criminologist Andrew Steele is killed and his spouse is missing. Evidence points towards escaped criminal and psychic Hal Bennett for comitting both crimes.

Detective Wayne Sheppard is assigned the case. He immediately enlists the help of Mira. However, instead of a simple case of murder and abduction, the duo finds themselves struggling with the FBI, a fifteen year old experiment, and a conspiracy that makes the X-Files seem like a situation comedy.

T.J. MacGregor scribes a brilliant blending of a police procedural within a non-stop thriller. The story line is crisp, fast-paced, and feels genuine. Wayne and Mira will be well liked, believed, and accepted by the readers. However, it is Hal, who steals the show as he forces the audience to look at several moral paradoxes. Fans of conspiracy theories, psychic abilities, and police procedural will fully enjoy THE HANGED MAN.

Harriet Klausner

SUMMARY: The novel that introduces psychic bookstore owner Mira Morales, her feisty grandmother Nadine, and precociously impish daughter Annie, The Hanged Man is the story of Fort Lauderdale floating detective Wayne Shepherd, searching for the killer of famed criminologist Andrew Steele and the disappearance of his wife Rae. His search leads him to a tip phoned in by a reluctant Mira, whom he draws into this web of intrigue. Also on the trail of the perpetrator is FBI big-wig Lenora Douglas, who chaired a covert operation called Delphi with the late Steele. Solving his murder is imperative to her admonition by her superior to erase all traces of Delphi.

WHY YOU'LL LIKE IT: If you enjoy elements of the supernatural in your novels, or are an aficionado of psychic detective fiction, you'll immensely enjoy this story. Mira is written as a strong, brave heroine with human foibles, and her family life is as integral to the story as her unique abilities. Shep is a rarity in the detective fiction genre - a masculine, stalwart guy who is not so entrenched in his beliefs about the system or his own ability that he is willing to disregard pertinent information, regardless if it comes from a sense other than the usual five.

WHY YOU WON'T: MacGregor attempts to invoke some sympathy for the killer from the reader, but it just doesn't wash. Everyone has a sob story, and his isn't so terrible that it excuses his actions. However, he is cleverer than most villains, and his preternatural ability is terrifying.

BOTTOM LINE: Suspenseful, action-packed, and romantic, this is a wonderful offering from a woman who always delivers compulsively readable fiction. Highly recommended.

This is the third book I've read by T. J. MacGregor and the third time now, I've wondered why I hadn't read anything by this fantastic writer before! I had "heard of" the author's name, but until reading The Seventh Sense, couldn't even tell you the author's gender.

Not only because I'm an author myself but a book lover, I happen to know there are a plethora of authors and mountains of books and more are being pumped out daily. So much as I love to read, I do know I can't read all of them.

However, every once in a while I'll stumble on an author that just has what I call the "IT" factor. And T. J. MacGregor is swamped in... IT!

Intelligently written, humorous, mostly realistic and on so many levels, believable! From the way Mira inter acts with her daughter to the way she inter acts with her grand mother and so on.

There's rarely if ever a time in anything I've read by T.J., where I've found myself thinking what I do with a lot of other books. I.e.

"Now that's a stretch!"

To me good authors not only grab your attention and keep it, as well as entertain you, but they also teach you things you didn't know before and I've found that in all her works as well.

The Hanged Man starts with a woman who is "Psychic" (Mira) having what she first mistakes as a dream, and then realizes it isn't a dream, but really a vision and it takes off from there.


Really Takes Off! Hal, (The Monster "Psychic") and his compare's of similar ilk's aren't folks most I think, would want any where NEAR their immediate vicinity)!


Fast paced and entertaining throughout! And since it is not possible for me to read all the books I might wish to, I'm glad to have found yet another stunning author who doesn't ever disappoint!

I'll definitely be reading everything I can get my hands on by her. Finished this one, have started another one but I'm also going to make a list so I can start checking which one's I've read and haven't yet. (Did the same with Orwell, Orson Scott Card, Anne Rice, (Just the vampire ones before, and only one now since she's started writing about God), and a limited number of others in the scale of things because they have that "IT" which I've found to be extremely important. Anyone who has read a bad book knows, they can't get that time back and feels cheated.

After what I've read by T.J. MacGregor, I'm confident I won't find myself there if I keep buying her books!

(Going to get another one today, so it will be here before I've finished the latest one I've started).

I can't speak for all of this authors works... Yet... But I can D--n well say from the one's I've read so far,

I'm a definite fan!

Respectfully shared,

Chase Von

Dream Reachers

Your Chance to Hear The Last Panther Speak

MacGregor plunges into a psychic world of terror in this well-conceived and written thriller. All the usual ingredients are here: covert Government experiment using psychis to advance their own means in the guise of helping the government; a dashing cop, Wayne Sheppard; a psychic heroine, Mira Morales; a devilish handsome villain, Hal Bennet; a beguiling, ambitious and deadly female FBI agent, Lenora Fletcher; a kidnapped beauty who finds herself falling for her captor, and assorted other psychics and heroes/villains.
MacGregor pulls out some surprises, and keeps the action brisk and exciting. MacGregor, an obvious horror novel/movie fan, utilizes this love in scenes reminiscent of Farris' "The Fury" and King's "Carrie."
A very enjoyable read.

My wife got me in a library one day. I hated reading books but wen she was searching for her historical romances, i stumbled upon a book, kept deep inside and dark. i grabbed it out of curiousity. well the title really attracted me ALOT- The Hanged Man. I've always loved thrillers, murders etc. so i read the front pages and couldnt stop reading even wen my wife went away! i didnt really know if i wanted to borrow the book cos i was not a bookworm or some sort. but i did the right thing by borrowing. its very very nice! i love it! psychics and murders. everything is nice. now im starting to like psychics plot! anyone recommend me a book pls?

I'm a big fan of all of T.J. MacGregor's books. This one is especially riveting and bone-chilling. Be sure to double lock your doors and check all your windows before you begin reading. Bravo T.J.!

What would happen if the Government could help people learn to use their Psychic powers for spying and murder. Fifteen years ago, they did just that.

When Andrew Steele, a prominent psychiatrist who had been working for the government is found dead, and his wife Rae missing, Detective Sheppard goes to work. His job could depend on solving this case. When he meets Mira Morales, a psychic, many questions evolve. For instance, what does the death of Steele have to do with the death of her husband? Read and find out.

This was a very good book. A little slow starting out but reaches a crescendo and comes crashing down in a wonderful conclusion. Ms. MacGregor did a wonderful job with the characters in this book. You will find yourself easily liking Rae and Sheppard and feeling just a little bit sorry for Hal.

My only negative comment would be that Ms. MacGregor could have put a little more action in this book. The few action scenes were good and well described. However, though not packed with action it is "Intense" for lack of a better word. I truly enjoyed this book.

This was my first MacGregor book. I think it was a good choice and certainly won't be my last. If you like Mystery or Detective novels, this is a book for you.

A high drama thriller. MacGregor wrote a great book. She draws the FBI, cops, psychics, psychos and normal everyday people into the plot. I sympathized with the good guys and the bad guys. Hal is so evil, yet has a compassionate side that is easy to feel sorry for. I recommend that anyone who likes suspense to read this book.

T.J. MacGregor has gotten my attention with this novel. I am fan of mysteries and thrillers with a psychic character in them, MacGregor definitely delivers a tale tight with psychic abilities. "Project Delphi" spawned seven psychics taken from prisons, trained by the FBI, and used as psychic assassins and spies. Now, years after the project was disbanded when three of its members escaped, the seemingly random murder of a criminal psychologist - and the kidnapping of his wife - is anything but random after all.
Enter Mira Morales. A psychic who tuned in on the murder before it happened, and a woman for whom the police have no respect, she just might be the only thing capable of unravelling the conspiracy, uncovering the criminals, and saving the kidnapped woman's life... if she can live that long with three trained psychics after her, and only one detective on her side.
Definitely a thriller, this book had me gripped. There's only a few parts to the book that had me annoyed, but they were fairly minor (there's a whopping big coincidence to the book's plot that made me twitch). Moreover, the psychic abilities take centre stage without causing harm to the plot nor the characterizations. This was a good read, and fans of Kay Hooper, Margaret Lawrence, and Joseph Glass should like it.
'Nathan