by Karen White
First published 2017
Melanie Trenholm's maternity leave ends just as mysterious phone calls begin waking her at night. She must leave her husband and twin babies to return to her Charleston real estate job. The timing seems fortunate when Jayne Smith arrives wanting to sell her inherited mansion on South Battery quickly. The grand historic home should be a treasure, but Jayne wants it gone immediately, promising Melanie an easy commission. Yet the ghostly apparitions that left Melanie alone for over a year have returned. One spirit appears only when Jayne visits. Another emerges after workers discover an old cistern buried in Melanie's own backyard on Tradd Street. Melanie recognizes the danger in disturbing Charleston's buried past, but the spirits refuse to remain hidden. She faces the challenge of managing her new family responsibilities while supernatural forces pull her back into mysteries she hoped to leave behind.
Genres: mystery, supernatural, contemporary, ghost-stories, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: haunted-house, supernatural-mystery, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Charleston, South Battery, Tradd Street
352 pages · Hardcover · Berkley