Blurb:
A new cozy mystery series from the USA Today bestselling
author of the Paranormal Investigation Bureau series.
Avery Winters was overjoyed to be brought back to
life... unfortunately, the dead were waiting for her.
Aussie journalist Avery Winters was content—she
had a caring boyfriend, great job, and supportive… okay, so her parents weren’t
actually supportive, but she’d accepted she could never be the son they’d
wanted seeing as how she was born a girl. Avoiding them seemed to work well,
and, she reasoned, no one’s life was perfect.
And that was fine, except whilst covering a news
story in a storm, Avery’s cosy life disappeared in a flash. Lightning struck,
stopping her heart and blowing her favourite black boots to smithereens. It was
pure luck that an off-duty nurse was walking nearby.
When Avery came to in the ambulance en route to
hospital, she’d thought the worst was over. She was wrong.
Her lightning-induced hallucinations—there was no
way they were ghosts—were impossible to hide. Her boyfriend soon left, and her
boss suggested she take extended leave. Unable to cover her rent, she moved
back in with her parents. And that’s when the fun really began. Unable to cope
with their insistence she was crazy, and desperate for an escape, she responded
to a journalist-wanted ad… in the UK, because getting mega far away from her
parents could only be a good thing.
Armed with a new fear of storms, companions others
couldn’t see, and the hope that leaving the stress behind would improve her
mental state, she boarded a plane for London. What she didn’t count on was not
being able to leave her ghosts behind… literally. Oh, and that the quaint
English village she’d be living in had more skeletons in its closet than the
Natural History Museum.
When she stumbles upon a dead body in her rented
apartment on her first day, she’s tempted to get back on the plane. But whilst
it’s not a good omen, returning to her parents would be worse, so she decides
to stay. Only, she’s not sure if it’s the best decision she’s ever made, or the
worst.
She’s about to find out.
My review:
An
exciting first in a new series. New beginnings, that’s what this move is for
journalist Avery Winters. She leaves behind her home an emotionally abusive ex
and a toxic relationship with her parents so she left Australia for a small
town in England. There she hopes to deal with the apparitions and reclaim her
self confidence. She makes new friends and starts a new job. Oh, she finds a
dead body and thus starts an adventure and a mystery or three. This was really
enjoyable. The author introduces us to a wonderful cast of supporting
characters that I hope to learn more about in future installments.
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