Ghostly Justice - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

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Ghostly Justice - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat; Think With Your Taste Buds; A Book and A Dish

***I watched until they turned the corner at Colburn Street. Then the energy vanished and a profound sadness filled me. Even playing the piano held no joy that day. I have to talk to her. But how? I gave up trying to contact the living years ago. It became so tiresome – appearing in front of them, touching them, talking to them, yet never being noticed. Until now. Every day, I watch for her. Every day, I try to make contact. Every day I plead for her to look up at my window again. Two weeks have passed now. And every day, she hurries past; her gaze focused on the street ahead. I must talk to her. Daira is the first person I’ve been able to communicate with since the day I was murdered.***

Daria Brennan is your typical 15 year-old, or at least she thought she was until she discovered that she could see ghosts. Her first sighting was of a young woman in the upstairs window of an old house she passed every day going to school. At first she thought it might be her imagination since the house was empty. The woman who lived there had fallen and been taken away to recuperate in a rehab center. Maybe someone had broken into the house. Whatever it was she knew that every time she walked past the house she felt a chill.. Then came the voices. Someone calling her name when there was no one there. This became more frequent after she and some friends broke into the house to have a place to be together.

As the visits to the house grew more frequent, so did the voice in her head begging for her help. The ghost she was seeing and talking to turned out to be Amanda the daughter of the old lady who owned the house. She had died 40 years earlier and Amanda needed Daria’s help t her remember how and why. As Daria researched Amanda’s death she found that the police had ruled it as a suicide. But as Amanda’s memory started coming back she knew it wasn’t suicide but murder. Daria was the only one to help her prove it and to help her put the person responsible away.
Ghostly Justice was a really enjoyable mystery. I had no problem coming up with who murdered Amanda but I had a problem guessing how he would be caught. I also had a problem guessing why Daria and Amanda looked so much alike. Daria was born 40 years after Amanda’s death but their birthdays were the same month and day. Had to be a connection but what? I really enjoyed this book and there are a couple cuss words, not really bad ones, but I can see this being an enjoyable read for ages teen to 90. I loved it and hope to hear there will be other chapters in Daria’s life that will be put to words.


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