I am a big fan of ghost stories.....the spookier the better! The Rachel Harroway series is a nice mix of murder mystery, suspense and supernatural. I'm really enjoying this series!

Rachel Harroway lives in Highlands, NC. Before her divorce, she and her husband bought a fixer-upper old house. While renovating, she discovered she had a strange ability....she can see the dead. Her husband couldn't deal with her "talent'' and they divorced. She doesn't just see dead people...more specifically, she sees the spirits of murder victims...victims who want her to help them. As a detective, she uses her ability to solve murder cases. It's a bit difficult at times because nobody else can see the visions, and she doesn't want to appear crazy. And, often she sees too many of the dead, "Orphans'' as she calls them, and has a hard time concentrating cases she is trying to solve. With the help of an herbal concoction that makes the spirits and their cries for help disappear, giving her peace for a few hours. This time, the skeletal remains of 7 teenage girls are found. They disappeared 40 years before. Their spirits want their murderer to be caught. Rachel is on the case!

This series is well-written and suspenseful. A bit more editing would be helpful though. There are quite a few grammar and spelling errors (Example: the use of the word principle in place of principal) that really should have been caught and corrected before publication. But -- that's a minor issue. The story is a good one, and this was a very enjoyable book!

There is a prequel story and two books in this series so far and I'm hoping there will be more! :) I like the characters, and Rachel's gift is a really cool addition to a detective story!
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