Book Review: House of Giral

An action-packed cerebral rollercoaster, blending parapsychology, psychedelics and past lives. Readers are in for a wild ride.

The House of Giral is an action-packed cerebral rollercoaster. Blending parapsychology, psychedelics and past lives, readers are in for a wild ride.

The story begins when Jungian psychologist Jennifer “Jo” Hart experiences a psychotic episode, landing her in a psychiatric unit overseen that night by Dr. Albert Young, a man with questionable practices. Triggered by a song first heard in another lifetime, Jo is sent on a journey to uncover hidden secrets from her past, a past filled with abuse and trauma. Meanwhile, the authorities discover the body of a woman, discarded and laid out in a cross-like pattern. The key connection is that the dead woman had formerly been Baker Acted and sent to the same unit as Jo. And she, too, had been subjected to Young’s Psychedelic treatment program. To solve the murder, and save Jo from a repetitive karmic pattern, Jo joins forces with others tangled in her past-life trauma. Memories triggered by songs, the diary of a young girl named Penny, and pure synchronicity will lead Jo down a dangerous path which could end with karmic retribution.

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[Note: I received an Advanced Review Copy on Reedsy Discovery.]