Under a bruja"s spell, more is at risk than your life!Tomas Guzman Schoen is a handsome bachelor with a home in Guatemala City, a ranch in the Peten, and has a lover who resembles Salma Hayek. His life is about to change. After his uncle asks him to investigate two deaths in a city where he is Chief of Police, then is killed himself under suspicious circumstance, Tomas is snared in a web of magic spun by a powerful bruja (witch) who seduces him sexually while trying to possess his soul. Though rescued by his lover, Sandra, and her curandero cousin, the mind bending visions he experienced under the bruja"s spell force him to reconcile magical reality with Western reason while he continues his investigation. And, as it becomes clear someone wants to stop him permanently, the question is whether Tomas can unmask a killer before he and Sandra become the next victims? Vibrant with Central American color and a surprise ending, The Bruja"s Tale is a "must read" for anyone intrigued by a mystery novel that probes the spiritual reality of human nature.