Elements of a Broken Mind: Book 1 in the Clear Angel Chronicles

by Heidi Angell

Psychics have no place in the detective world, but that doesn't stop Clear Angel from being a detective's secret weapon in the search for a serial killer who is kidnapping and holding women hostage.


Grant Anderson is a small-town detective whose job was quiet and easy until three girls end up dead. A serial killer is stalking the young ladies in his town. Without the high-tech equipment of big cities at his fingers, Grant must rely on good old-fashioned police work; but with no discernible pattern and no clues to follow, the case seems to be grinding to a halt.

Then Grant gets a visit from a mysterious young woman. Who is Clear Angel? What is her connection to the case? If Grant is to believe her, then he must accept that she has "seen" these things. But Grant is a professional. He cannot believe in psychics! Yet when another girl goes missing, and Grant's search is yielding nothing he is desperate enough to try.

Clear Angel has always been special. Seclusion has kept the nightmares at bay. Then the nightmares begin again. Are they premonitions of events to come? Are they the sick fantasies of a madman? Then one evening she runs into a stranger and finds out that not only are they real, but they are happening here in her hometown.

After a lifetime of running and hiding from what she can do, she is now forced to reach out to the most unlikely person in an effort to save innocent girls and perhaps the world.

Grant and Clear team up to stop a madman bent on the destruction of the world. As their feelings for one another grow, they try to deny them. But when Clear goes missing, Grant must face his feelings and save her before it is too late.

279 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 9, 2022

About the author

Heidi Angell is a bibliophile, lexicomaniac, and wordsmith who clearly believes in the Oxford comma. She is the author of The Hunters Saga, The Clear Angel Chronicles, The Hell School Series, Survivalist Bible series, and the Quick And Dirty series. She also created Royal Prince Vince, Creative Exercises to Inspire, and A Penslinger’s Ponderings. She has developed a series of courses covering everything from first draft to marketing, which can be found on her site. When she is not reading and writing, she can be found spending quality time with her family swimming, dancing, playing board games, or communing with nature.