The Ghost Who Books
When Olivia Andreas goes to an auction with her friend Jamie Finch, she doesn’t expect to bring home a ghost! A professional records organizer who starts every day with a “To Do” list and is always on time for appointments, Olivia is not a believer in the paranormal or even an afterlife. In fact, she never glances at her astrology in the newspaper (even though she’s a perfect Virgo). But on a whim, she buys a silver frame and decides to keep intact its photo of a smiling blonde woman whose curious collections were sold that night. Soon afterwards, a series of strange events completely upsets Olivia’s orderly world. Various ghostly manifestations of former showgirl Lily Lamoureaux shake up Olivia’s personal beliefs. A number of break-ins at Olivia’s home, with nothing stolen, defy explanation. Scary as these events are, there’s an upside. The investigating detective is an attractive guy named Dave Lowenstein who may almost meet Olivia’s carefully listed criteria for a husband. Olivia’s orderly life becomes increasingly complicated and perilous as evidence surfaces of Mafia involvement in Lily’s death. Seeking revenge, Lily’s ghost draws Olivia and Dave ever deeper into danger as their investigations escalate into a fast-moving, spine-chilling adventure that culminates on the 4th of July in an explosive conclusion. Dolores Stewart Riccio is also the author of THE CASS SHIPTON ADVENTURES, a series of suspense novels featuring crime-solving Wiccan women, and SPIRIT, a story of past and present lives.
From the author of The Ghost Who Came Home from the Auction , an exciting sequel… Olivia has a weakness for auctions—and ghosts. This is not the best of times, however, to be haunted by the tragic spirit of a young bride—just when Olivia has married the love of her life, Detective Dave Lowenstein, and taken on the daunting task of helping him raise his three teenage foster children. But when two impulsive auction buys—a locket and a man’s marquetry case— get together in Olivia’s possession, the past comes to life in an unsettling way. The ghost of a dark-haired girl is seen walking in Olivia’s newly planted rose garden. Olivia, who admits to having a streak of OCD, cannot help herself from trying to find out why. What misfortune befell Rose and her husband, the handsome World War I officer, Hugh Berwind? It’s not so easy to unearth the Berwind family secrets, and Olivia finds herself up against a stone wall more than once. She turns for help to a local librarian, Fiona Ritchie, who is reputed to have a “magic” way of finding the most obscure facts—and a circle of quirky friends who help her. As Olivia discovers, when Hugh was killed in action, Rose and her infant son were robbed of their rightful heritage by a greedy relative. The Berwind fortune is immense, and the current beneficiaries, the Swett siblings, do not take kindly to Olivia’s research into the existence of lost heirs. In fact, the Swetts make arrangements for Olivia and her insistent queries to vanish from their lives—forever. Malevolent adversaries begin to stalk Olivia, who is unaware of the lengths to which the very rich will go to stay that way. Olivia’s pursuit of the truth about the Berwinds leads her ever deeper into danger, climaxing in a terrifying confrontation. Only the unearthly forces who have plunged Olivia into peril may be able save her now.