Things
look different when you're dead.
It’s Halloween and a group of teens throw a party at Harbinger Falls’ most celebrated haunted estate. It’s all fun and games until a session with a Ouija board guides the partygoers to the body of a young girl hidden in the attic.
Detective Kimberly Trent is assigned the case and quickly discovers that all is not as it seems. First, there’s the connection between the death and a string of petnappings terrorizing the neighborhood. Then there’s the suicide note that only leaves more questions than answers. A visit from Kimberly’s ghostly friend Griff Lindon sheds an unwelcome light. It seems she’s had a run in with the newly deceased who tells her she’s been murdered.
This is the second in The Deadspeak Mysteries. The entries are meant to be read in sequential order and do not standalone. In each book, you’ll find a new murder for Kimberly Trent to solve. You’ll also find the continuing search for who murdered Kim’s sister Elizabeth. Each book will take you closer and closer to finding out the identity of The Hex Killer, the serial killer who ended Elizabeth’s short life. It will also bring you to the heart of the evil that’s come back to life to wreak revenge.
It’s Halloween and a group of teens throw a party at Harbinger Falls’ most celebrated haunted estate. It’s all fun and games until a session with a Ouija board guides the partygoers to the body of a young girl hidden in the attic.
Detective Kimberly Trent is assigned the case and quickly discovers that all is not as it seems. First, there’s the connection between the death and a string of petnappings terrorizing the neighborhood. Then there’s the suicide note that only leaves more questions than answers. A visit from Kimberly’s ghostly friend Griff Lindon sheds an unwelcome light. It seems she’s had a run in with the newly deceased who tells her she’s been murdered.
This is the second in The Deadspeak Mysteries. The entries are meant to be read in sequential order and do not standalone. In each book, you’ll find a new murder for Kimberly Trent to solve. You’ll also find the continuing search for who murdered Kim’s sister Elizabeth. Each book will take you closer and closer to finding out the identity of The Hex Killer, the serial killer who ended Elizabeth’s short life. It will also bring you to the heart of the evil that’s come back to life to wreak revenge.
Excerpt
“This
reminds me of when I was in summer camp and stayed up all night
trying to contact the dead,” Julie Welch commented.
Mia
or no Mia, the time had arrived and the Ouija board was placed in the
center of one of the folding tables.
“You
did that, Mrs. Welch?” Angie asked.
“Of
course,” Julie confessed with a giggle. “I lived for those
summers, and the camp counselors had no idea what we were up to. They
only wondered why we were all so tired in the mornings.”
The
atmosphere of the Halloween Party had changed. Ever since the
announcement, things went from Party Central, to an eerie, expectant
quiet. The music was turned off and the food lined up on the rented
tables was bereft of pawing hands.
The
six rested their fingers lightly on the planchette. “Remember: no
cheating! Understood?” Mrs. Welch warned.
The
participants nodded in agreement as the woman with the highlighted
blonde hair inhaled deeply.
“Hello?
Is there anyone with us?” Julie asked, starting off the
questioning.
A
soft scrape… and … movement! Infinitesimal at first, the
planchette picked up speed.
Yes.
“What
the—” Gen started. A loud moan interrupted the moment.
“Yes,
I’m here,” a deep voice bellowed.
Fear
spread quickly as attendees sprang up from their chairs and readied
to run. Another unearthly groan penetrated the air. Angie latched on
to Glenn’s hand.
Footsteps.
Someone
was climbing the basement stairs.
About
the Author
Ever
since a child, she has consumed detective stories at regular
intervals, becoming enamored with all the superstars of crime. She
loved nothing more than to match wits with the likes of Hercule
Poirot, Miss Marple, Thomas Pitt, Lord Peter Wimsey, Richard Jury,
and Edward X Delaney, becoming inspired by their brilliance. Hoping
to emulate her writing idol’s achievements in dreaming up such
characters, she started composing her own short stories.
However,
life interfered with her plans of becoming the next hopeful to try a
life of crime—on paper at least. Devoting herself to her marriage
and the raising of four children, the empty nest syndrome gave her
the impetus to return to her first love—murder.
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