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Readers who enjoyed Concealed in Shadow by L.T. Ryan & K.M. Rought also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

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  • Symphony of Bones by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

    Symphony of Bones by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When a politician's son goes missingThe media fueled investigation accelerates when he turns up deadA ghost's unspoken messageMight be the only thing connecting the dotsAnd it’s up to Cassie to crack the codeTo shine truth's light, Cassie must walk in darkness.The third installment in the bestselling Cassie Quinn Mystery Series from USA Today bestselling author L.T. Ryan & K.M. Rought...
  • Etched in Shadow by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

    Etched in Shadow by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The fourth installment in the bestselling Cassie Quinn mystery series from Wall Street Journal bestselling author L.T. Ryan & K.M. Rought. A gripping thriller with a touch of the paranormal that will keep you guessing until the last page. When a friend’s relative passes away, the family suspects foul play, but the evidence doesn’t match the accusation...
  • Whisper of Bones by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

    Whisper of Bones by L.T. Ryan, K.M. Rought

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A suspicious death mirrors a serial killer signatureA ghostly visitor might hold the answerCassie must decipher the cryptic messageWhispered in the bones of the deadIf she hopes to help solve the crime and save herself in the processThe latest installment from USA Today bestselling author L.T. Ryan & K.M. Rought in the Cassie Quinn Series...
  • The Ghost and the Church Lady by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    The Ghost and the Church Lady by Bobbi Holmes, Anna J. McIntyre

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When autumn arrives in Frederickport, it brings surprises—some welcomed.Meanwhile, the residents of Beach Drive learn there are some things more frightening than ghosts...
    Categorized as:
    crime  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  cozy  fiction  horror
  • House of Lies by D.S. Butler, Henrietta Meire

    House of Lies by D.S. Butler, Henrietta Meire

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When two teenage girls vanish without a trace from an educational retreat at Chidlow House in Lincolnshire, the students and teachers are put on high alert.Called in to investigate, Detective Karen Hart questions everyone who came into contact with the two girls, Cressida and Natasha, in the days leading up to their disappearance...
  • Treasured Legacies by Terri Reid

    Treasured Legacies by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Was it raining outside? Dale Johnson wondered as he woke up. It was dark and he could hear the sound of rain hitting the roof. Suddenly, he was pelted with something small and hard. He opened his eyes and sat up, nearly fainting in the process. His head was pounding. What the hell happened? He was pelted again and realized he was being hit with small pieces of corn...
    Categorized as:
    crime  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  adult  angels  book  cozy
  • Witch Is How The Biscuits Disappeared by Adele Abbott

    Witch Is How The Biscuits Disappeared by Adele Abbott

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    You can lead a horse to water...Truth can be stranger than fiction. Never has that been more true for Jill Maxwell. Meanwhile, a close relative makes a shocking discovery. ...away from your custard creams...
    Categorized as:
    crime  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  adult  animals  book  cozy
  • Witch is How Bells Were Saved by Adele Abbott

    Witch is How Bells Were Saved by Adele Abbott

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The best things in life are free… Secrets kept for years are revealed, but what will Jill do now she knows the truth? And where have all the penguins gone? …so why aren't custard...
    Categorized as:
    crime  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  adult  animals  book  cozy
  • File Two: Private Wars by Terri Reid

    File Two: Private Wars by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Even though her father’s murderer had been found and killed, Bruce Blackwood’s spirit would still not rest. Now his focus was on his daughter, Brooke, and the danger she would be in if she ever recovered the childhood memory of his death...
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    crime  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  cozy  fiction
  • Chaos in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Chaos in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The sixth book in the New York Times bestselling Ghost-in-Law series. Jadyn St. James hopes that the two-week quiet period in Mudbug means things in the small bayou town are back to normal…whatever that is. But when a fisherman finds a sunken shrimp boat, and the boat captain is missing, Jadyn wonders if the damage to the boat was caused by a storm, or if something far more nefarious happened...
  • Stolen Dreams by Terri Reid

    Stolen Dreams by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    “But Sol, it ain’t haunted like you thought,” Marty argued cautiously. It wasn’t a good idea to get Sol too angry. “We’ve tried everything, séances, Ouija boards, mediums—everything. This place is just an old, empty house. A creepy, old house.”Sol shook his head, disregarding Marty’s words, and started up the tall staircase to the second floor. “It just has to seem like a haunted house,” he said...
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    crime  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  cozy  fiction
  • The Haunting of Winchester Mansion by Alexandria Clarke

    The Haunting of Winchester Mansion by Alexandria Clarke

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the small town of Black Bay, a vacant, forgotten house sits atop an overlooking bluff. When Bailey and Bodhi Taylor move in and begin renovations, the house seems perfect. But things move on their own, screams echo from the basement, and Bailey sees a shadowy figure out of the corner of her eye...
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    crime  female-mc  ghosts  kidnapping  paranormal  adult  book  cozy
  • Haunted Tales by Terri Reid

    Haunted Tales by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The death of a beloved fourth-grade teacher has haunted Andrew Tyler his entire life. Was it really an accidental death or was she murdered? And if it was only an accident, why did her ghost haunt the hallways of the old, abandoned school in Polo, Illinois? Andrew calls on Mary O’Reilly to solve the mystery and catch a killer who is still on the loose in the small town...
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    crime  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  cozy
  • Witch is How To Lose Big by Adele Abbott

    Witch is How To Lose Big by Adele Abbott

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two custard creams… A man has gone missing from a hotel, and Jill is on the case. Meanwhile, what has happened to the ghost's jewellery, and what is in the trinket box? …are not as good as five...
    Categorized as:
    crime  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  adult  animals  book  cozy
  • Lowcountry Boomerang by Susan M. Boyer

    Lowcountry Boomerang by Susan M. Boyer

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Private investigators Liz Talbot and Nate Andrews are all set to enjoy some quality time on the beach. That’s until they get the news about Darius. Darius DeAndre Baker, star of the hit TV show, Main Street USA, has had enough of the Hollywood highlife. After ten years of visiting everyone else’s hometown, he returns to his own—Stella Maris, South Carolina...
  • Under the Bones: A Lou Thorne Thriller by Kory M. Shrum

    Under the Bones: A Lou Thorne Thriller by Kory M. Shrum

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Enemies make the best allies. Louie Thorne is good at only one thing. Killing. She knows peace only when she kills and this relentless thirst drives her to hunt the world's worst crime lords. But when her cancer-stricken aunt makes a dying wish, Louie is torn between her own dark nature and a promise made to the only family she has left...
  • Spirit Caller by H.P. Bayne

    Spirit Caller by H.P. Bayne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One night. One last enemy. One chance to stop him forever. It’s all come down to this. More than two years after Sully took desperate measures to escape his enemies, he finds himself headed for an inevitable showdown with the most dangerous of them. Years of murder and deceit are catching up to Lowell, and the ghosts of those he killed are not about to rest until they’ve watched him fall...
    Categorized as:
    crime  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  horror  mystery
  • UnderCut by Terri Reid

    UnderCut by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    L.J. Carter’s move back to Julep, Mississippi has been much more complicated than she ever imagined. She discovers that her momma’s death was actually a murder, and Momma’s ghost is still hanging around to talk about it. But now, L.J. is embroiled in several more homicide investigations, and she may have stumbled upon some of the dark secrets of the Sons Of Mississippi...
    Categorized as:
    ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  cozy  fiction  mystery  supernatural
  • Merry Me: Book 15 in The Jerry McNeal series by Sherry A. Burton

    Merry Me: Book 15 in The Jerry McNeal series by Sherry A. Burton

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Feeling guilty at not having made his engagement to April official over the Christmas holidays, Jerry seeks to join her and Max for their annual after-Christmas getaway to Frankenmuth, Michigan...
  • The Unexpected Hero by Michael C. Grumley

    The Unexpected Hero by Michael C. Grumley

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    TRUE COURAGE IS FIGHTING FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO FIGHT FOR THEMSELVES...EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE EVERYTHING TO LOSE.The measure of a young man can be a funny thing, especially when the results are not what anyone expects. Eighteen-year-old Evan Nash doesn't look like a hero. Nor does he feel like one. He's not trying to be anything. But what Evan is..
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    crime  female-mc  kidnapping  paranormal  book  cozy  drama  fiction
  • The Medium Place by Erin Huss

    The Medium Place by Erin Huss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people.Sure, being a medium isn’t easy. Things like dating, working, and even sleeping are all hard to do when there’s a ghost hovering nearby, demanding your attention. But it’s not all bad, and I’d like to think I’m getting pretty good at it…most days.Except for today, when twenty-one-year-old Penelope Muffin appeared...
    Categorized as:
    crime  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  cozy  fiction
  • Stranger Danger by Maggie March

    Stranger Danger by Maggie March

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lucy is a human lie-detector. Her rescue dog Paco is a ghost whisperer. Together, they solve crime in this laugh-out-loud cozy mystery series!When world-famous, highly reclusive author J.W. Quicksilver chooses a local book club for his first public appearance, the residents of Whispering Bay have trouble containing their excitement. That is until he’s found murdered...
  • All Things Slip Away by Kathryn Meyer Griffith

    All Things Slip Away by Kathryn Meyer Griffith

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ten years ago Frank Lester, a Chicago homicide detective, thought he had rid himself forever of the Mud People Killer who’d kidnapped and murdered six people. Frank had shot him as he’d fled through a snowy night; had killed him, he believed, though a body was never found. But the killer wasn’t dead. He’d only been waiting to take his revenge on Frank and those he cares about now…ten years later...
  • Path of Bones by L.T. Ryan, K M Rought

    Path of Bones by L.T. Ryan, K M Rought

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A murderer's victims haunt Cassie QuinnThe clues lie in shadowed whispersDeath holds no boundary for justiceTo shine truth's light Cassie must walk through the darknessThe debut novel in the Cassie Quinn Series from USA Today bestselling author L.T. Ryan & K.M...
  • Collateral Damage by Fern Michaels

    Collateral Damage by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Through all their adventures, the bond of the Sisterhood has remained steadfast and unshakeable. But for the first time, the Sisterhood verges on falling apart when the ladies have to choose between two difficult assignments. The first job guarantees a huge paycheck; the second offers a presidential pardon — and a chance to finally emerge from hiding...
  • Designs On Murder by Gayle Leeson, Jani McClure

    Designs On Murder by Gayle Leeson, Jani McClure

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What if you discovered your lively new friend wasn’t really…alive?Amanda Tucker is excited about opening her fashion design studio in Shops On Main, a charming old building in historic Abingdon, Virginia. She didn’t realize a ghost came with the property! But soon Maxine “Max” Englebright, a young woman who died in 1930, isn’t the only dead person at the retail complex...
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    female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  cozy  fiction
  • Not Quite Gone by Lyla Payne

    Not Quite Gone by Lyla Payne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life in Heron Creek is looking up for Graciela Harper, despite the fact that every ghost within a fifty mile radius seems intent on sticking to her like glue - and not the weak Elmer's kind, either But with a sexy boyfriend, her old friends back in her life, and a great job prospect at one of the oldest plantations in the country, it's hard to complain..
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  cozy  fiction  mystery
  • Not Quite Clear by Lyla Payne

    Not Quite Clear by Lyla Payne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is the 5th book in USAToday Bestselling Author Lyla Payne's LOWCOUNTRY MYSTERY series. It continues to follow Graciela Harper and her friends as she navigates ghosts, romance, in-laws, and the legal system in rural Heron Creek, SC...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  ghosts  mystery  supernatural
  • Not Quite Mine by Lyla Payne

    Not Quite Mine by Lyla Payne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life has settled back into some semblance of normal for Graciela Harper and her friends in Heron Creek. Of course for Gracie, that means a new ghost knocking on her door asking for favors. When she sees the spirit of a teenage girl who has been missing for over a year, Gracie knows she has to help, even if she would rather spend all day in bed with the mayor instead...
  • Not Quite Right by Lyla Payne

    Not Quite Right by Lyla Payne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For the living, the dead, and the people stuck somewhere in between, Heron Creek has become a battleground. Graciela Harper might be new seeing ghosts, fighting curses, and just living with her old friends again, but there’s no doubt she’s on the front lines—and overwhelmed.Leo and Mel have been arrested. Amelia teeters on the edge of a deep depression that could cost her her child...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  ghosts  mystery  supernatural
  • The Medium's Tale by Erin Huss

    The Medium's Tale by Erin Huss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people.  At least...I used to.    Communications with the "other side" are down, and I have no idea why. This couldn't have come at a worst time because the town's pharmacist, Mr. Sanders, has just been murdered. Police have all but closed the case because the evidence overwhelmingly points to one person...
    Categorized as:
    crime  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  cozy  fiction  horror
  • A Medium Education by Erin Huss

    A Medium Education by Erin Huss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Zoe Lane, and I see dead people.Over the last year, I have confronted criminals, solved murders, saved lives, had multiple brushes with death, looked into the eyes of a serial killer, and stared down the barrel of a gun. I thought I knew stress. I thought wrong. In all my life I have never experienced anything as stressful as the pickup zone at Trucker Middle School...
    Categorized as:
    crime  female-mc  ghosts  paranormal  adult  book  cozy  fiction
  • Gently Used, Still Works by J.B. Lynn

    Gently Used, Still Works by J.B. Lynn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Are the Concordia sisters about to get burned? Running One Woman’s Junk consignment shop, with its constant stream of quirky characters stopping in, is a lot for Winnie and her sisters Bea and Amanda to contend with. So is dealing with each other...
  • Deadly Vows by Kate Allenton

    Deadly Vows by Kate Allenton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Psychic Cree Blue is working on a cold case where the motives and suspects multiply like the spices in her cooking. When Davina Richards went missing the day before her wedding, people assumed she was a runaway bride. Only Cree knows differently. This bride skipped being a missing person and landed smack-dab in the dead zone...
  • Born on the 4th of July by Heather Graham

    Born on the 4th of July by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A long Krewe of Hunters short story, or a short novella—approximately 20,000 words—Born on the 4th of July takes place as the holiday nears and comes upon us.Angela and Jackson and their adopted son Corby have headed with Adam Harrison and the ghost of his son, Josh, to pay tribute at the graves of Adam’s family. But while they’re there, the ghost of an old serviceman beckons to Angela...
  • Going, Going, Dead by Kirsten Weiss

    Going, Going, Dead by Kirsten Weiss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At an auction, competition can be deadly...When Maddie attends an estate auction of artifacts from America’s spiritualist era, it’s just another day in the life of a paranormal museum owner…. Until she discovers the body of the murdered auctioneer.Her mother is convinced the murderer is after a mysterious statuette that once belonged to the town’s Ladies Aid Society...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  female-mc  crime  ghosts  cozy  mystery  humor  animals
  • Founders' Day Fiasco: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett

    Founders' Day Fiasco: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Firefly Junction is in the middle of a huge Founders’ Day celebration and Sunni Taylor has been assigned to cover the colorful music and float-filled parade. When the organizer of the parade winds up dead, Sunni’s mundane assignment takes a new twist. Now, she finds herself in the middle of a murder that is complicated by the fact that the victim had more than a few enemies...
  • Muffins & Magic by Polly Holmes

    Muffins & Magic by Polly Holmes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What's a witch to do when faced with protecting the ones she loves against an unimaginable evil?Ever had one of those days when everything is going too well? When you have that sense that the other boot is about to drop? Welcome to my day.It's the Annual Saltwater Cove Show, and this year there are more rides, show bags, food stalls, and competitions than ever before...
  • The Last Crossing by Elizabeth Meyette

    The Last Crossing by Elizabeth Meyette

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was the whistle of the train at midnight that signaled another ghost.Jesse Graham wants to concentrate on planning her wedding to Joe Riley. But try as she might, she can’t escape the spirits who haunt her. This time the ghost is Timmy, whose disappearance ten years earlier coincided with the abduction of several boys...
  • Probable Paws by Corrine Winters

    Probable Paws by Corrine Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ember the witch solves a purr-fect murder!It was just another quiet night in her tiny town when Ember McNair got word that the local security guard at the art museum had been knocked out.A priceless painting had been stolen.Against her better judgment, Ember promised her beau, Cedric, that she would respect his position as sheriff and stay out of the investigation.But then the painting showed up...
  • Sudden Paws by Corrine Winters

    Sudden Paws by Corrine Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ember McNair faces her most furr-midable challenge yet!Ember should have known that after she tried to help her friend Kathy O’Connell get the courage she needed to leave her boyfriend, Steve Smits (noted mean food critic and notorious philanderer), that things would blow up in her face.Now Kathy is implicated in a murder charge after Steve is found dead after their conversation...
  • Tricky Paws by Corrine Winters

    Tricky Paws by Corrine Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ding Dong the witch is dead!And now the whole town is filled with dread…This was not how Ember McNair imagined spending the days leading up to her wedding. It should have been the happiest time of her life. Instead, her tiny town was host to yet another unexplained death. This time, it’s the dark witch and perpetual thorn in everyone’s side, Cassandra...
  • Momentary Paws by Corrine Winters

    Momentary Paws by Corrine Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Another murder in town is just clawful!It’s a purr-fectly good day for a murder. Or at least someone seems to think so in the tiny town of Couchemar, Louisiana. That’s the story that Ember McNair hears one morning from her bat shifter BFF.Apparently Natalie Gordon, the local divorcee with the looks to kill done went and got herself killed...
  • Temporary Paws by Corrine Winters

    Temporary Paws by Corrine Winters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A spirit is haunting Ember and her pub. You could say she’s got a paw-tergeist.But that’s not even the worst part. There’s another dead body that’s been found, this time in a nearby inn. The victim? A devious husband who left behind his jilted wife and cheated business partner...
  • Undesirable Situations by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Undesirable Situations by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Menopause, mayhem, and murder. Just a normal day for psychic medium Angela Panther.Thirty-five years ago, Genevieve Ryland stepped off the stage of her high school graduation and disappeared without a trace.For years her mother searched for her, hitting dead end after dead end. Now on her deathbed, she asks Angela to find the truth, find out what happened to her daughter...
  • The Haunting of Saxton Mansion by Roger Hayden

    The Haunting of Saxton Mansion by Roger Hayden

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The complicated history of the Saxton house has been long forgotten. Few in the town of Cypress Creek even remember the house and what had occurred inside its walls decades before. In the present time, author Rob Hooper and his wife, Janet, are looking for a quiet place to live. The grandiose, isolated Victorian-style relic is everything they could want...
    Categorized as:
    crime  female-mc  ghosts  kidnapping  adult  book  cozy  fiction
  • This Happened to Jessica by Michele Pariza Wacek

    This Happened to Jessica by Michele Pariza Wacek

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    How many more are going to die because you refuse to remember? Becca would like nothing better than to put the past behind her and focus on making Redemption her home. But what do you do when the past refuses to stay buried? Becca still can't remember the night sixteen-year-old Jessica disappeared from a party, never to be seen again...
  • Already Missing by Blake Pierce

    Already Missing by Blake Pierce

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Women are turning up dead, clocks found mysteriously around their necks, ticking away the seconds before their death...
  • Dazed and Infused by Eryn Scott

    Dazed and Infused by Eryn Scott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Have the people of Pebble Cove welcomed a killer into their midst?Two women wash up on the beach in front of Rosemary's tea shop. One is dead. The other is wounded and can't even remember her name. Is she also a victim or the killer?When it becomes clear that the only souls who can help solve this mystery are those of the ghostly persuasion, Rosemary has to get involved...
  • A Killer Welcome by Dionne Lister

    A Killer Welcome by Dionne Lister

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    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...
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