I read a quick digital, NEVER FORGOTTEN by Terri Reid. This was 3rd of 14 in series featuring Mary O'Reilly, former Chicago cop and now PI who's able to see dead people. Here's a description:
Mary O'Reilly is a private investigator who can see and speak with ghosts. She and her boyfriend, Police Chief Bradley Alden, are celebrating Christmas when a ghost shows up, clearly a victim of a brutal beating and murder. All the signs point to domestic abuse and Mary signs on to investigate to get the truth. The only problem is, although Mary knows she's dead, there's no proof and there's no body to be found. Meanwhile, the town has been under a curse for the last four years. It turns out that 12 men of public service, cops, firefighters, etc... have died of unknown causes with similar symptoms before their deaths, and Bradley has just come down with the symptoms. With Bradley sick, it's up to Mary alone to solve two murder cases, but along the way she comes up with some surprising help from the otherworld, including Bradley's dead wife
Published 2011, it has 245 pages.
About to start BLOOD ON THE WATER by Anne Perry. This is 20th of 21 in series featuring William Monk in Victorian London. Here's a description:
Monk witnesses the horrifying explosion of the pleasure boat Princess Mary, which sends to their deaths nearly two hundred merrymakers. The tragedy is no accident. As commander of the River Police, Monk should handle the case, but the investigation is turned over to the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. An Egyptian man is swiftly caught, tried, and sentenced to die. But almost as quickly, Monk presents evidence that Habib Beshara, though a nasty piece of work, was elsewhere at the time of the blast. The investigation, now in complete disarray, is hastily turned over to Monk. Is the crime connected with the soon-to-be-opened Suez Canal, which will enormously benefit wealthy British shipping companies? Or did all of those innocent people drown to ensure the death of just one? How did the bomber board the ship, and how did he manage to escape? Is he an anarchist or a madman? Backed up by his astute wife, Hester, and his old reliable friend Oliver Rathbone, Monk vows to find answers—but instead finds himself treading the dangerous waters of international intrigue, his questions politely turned aside by a formidable array of the powerful and privileged. Events twist and turn like the Thames itself, leading to the shattering moment when Monk realizes, perhaps too late, that he is the next target.
Published in 2014, it has 321 pages. This is a digital loan from the library.
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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