Abigail Rook and R.F. Jackaby are on the supernatural case once again, and this third turn brings back some of the past. It seems as if the two of them have 9 lives, especially so in this book. Ms. Rook and resident ghost Jenny Cavanagh have been attempting possession behind Jackaby’s back. A new murder that is eerily similar to the way Jenny herself died, makes them anxious to solve that cold case, before there are any more warm ones. William Ritter‘s Ghostly Echoes: A Jackaby Novel is the strongest one yet.
“Some girls work in shops or sell flowers. Some girls find husbands and play house. I assist a mad detective in investigating unexplained phenomena – like fish that ought to be cats but seem to have forgotten how. My name is Abigail Rook, and this is what I do.
Abigail Rook’s quirky, disheveled employer, R.F. Jackaby, certainly keeps her on her toes in William Ritter‘s second story of the pair, Beastly Bones: A Jackaby Novel. This time, cats turn to fish, dinosaur bones are stolen, and Abigail’s ghostly best friend is acting strange, by ghost standards. Investigating the dig will bring her back into the realm of Charlie, “Fortune favors the bold.”
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