Genre: Young
Adult, Mystery
Source: I
won a copy from LibraryThing. The opinions expressed here are my own.
Take a mystery,
add a ghost into it, tack on a murder and you have the makings of an excellent
book.
Abby is a
ghost who lives in a cemetery in the Dead Lands. She’s been dead for over 100
years. She’s not sure why, unlike the many that she helps, she’s been unable to
move on. She sleeps until she hears a
mockingbird sing, which signals that someone needs her help. This time it is Meagan who has shown up. Abby quickly whisks her into the
cemetery. Why? Abby’s uncle George Wheeler, who was once a
pastor chases Abby along with his Hell Hounds.
He’s determined to get her to come to his side of things. Abby must help
Meagan find out who murdered her and help her get justice. She must do this all without being caught by
her uncle. Abby has a protector who
quickly comes to her aid. She doesn’t
know who he is or when he will show up but he does. There is a second story line that flows
through this story. Jim Burke purchased
a locket that used to belong to Abby. Inside the locket is a strand of hair and
a key. He was originally going to buy it for his mother because she like it,
but decided to keep it because he feels strangely drawn to it. This connection
is what allows him to see Abby, something no other living being has been able
to accomplish. We are left at the end of the book with Meagan’s mystery solved,
but not Abby’s. This is a great set up
for a second book. It can be read as a stand-alone book.
When I went
in search of this author who was new to me, I was saddened to learn he had died
of a heart attack in 2013. I love his
book and would have gladly read the entire series. It was so good that it only took me a couple
of hours to read it. Now we will never
have the answers to the questions we had at the end of the book about Abby and
her uncle. I will recommend this to all
of my students. It is one of the best I’ve
read in a long time.
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