Descendants of the Big House by C. Vonzale Lewis

Beatrice Monroe is a cop with a strange skill set. She can see things others can’t. She knows that some of the women of her family have this gift/curse. Beatrice is unsure which. But she can see Papa Sin, who is the personification of Evil, and Mama Root, who represents Good. It’s her job to maintain the balance between the two.

When a woman shows up asking for help, Beatrice is pulled into a strange case that has people dying for no good reason on the same day each year. She needs to understand her powers to find the real killer.

Miss Lewis creates a haunting story of revenge, murder, and the sins of the past. Her southern roots take the reader on a journey that feels so real that he or she experiences the wet heat of a Georgia summer.