The Diviners

The Diviners is a historical horror-mystery from acclaimed author Libba Bray. Set in the 1920s, it follows a small group of people with special abilities as they solve a gruesome murder mystery.

Teaser
"Evie O’Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City—and she is pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. It’s 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfeld girls, and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is that she has to live with her uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult.

Evie worries he’ll discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has only brought her trouble so far. But when the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol and Will is called to the scene, Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer.

As Evie jumps headlong into a dance with a murderer, other stories unfold in the city that never sleeps. A young man named Memphis is caught between two worlds. A chorus girl named Theta is running from her past. A student named Jericho hides a shocking secret. And unknown to all, something dark and evil has awakened."

--from Goodreads

Characters

 * Evie O'Neill, a young girl with a secret power
 * Will Fitzgerald, her uncle
 * Theta Jones
 * Memphis Campbell
 * Jericho Jones
 * Sam Lloyd
 * Mabel Jones

Series and Sequels
The Diviners is the first in a series of the same name; although only one sequel has currently been released, Goodreads indicates that there will be at least four. The second book is Lair of Dreams.