Resurrection Chronicles: Afterlife - Merrie DeStafano
Publisher: US - Eos
Chaz Domingue works as a professional Babysitter in New Orleans. His job is to integrate and protect the recently deceased into their new and improved lives—a position he reluctantly accepted after his father was murdered. Though Fresh Start has always been the only game in town, resurrection isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. Nine lives are all a person can get—and a powerful group of desperate, high-level Nine-Timers will stop at nothing to possess the keys to true immortality. Unfortunately, this places Chaz at the lethal center of a maelstrom.
Now the only hope for Chaz and his family—and the ultimate fate of the human race—is secretly locked away in the mind of Angelique, the beautiful, mysterious Newbie who’s been entrusted to Chaz’s care…
This looks like a different take on resurrection and right up my alley!
The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
Publisher: UK - Vintage
Proud and solitary, Eel Marsh House surveys the windswept reaches of the salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral Mrs Alice Drablow, the house's sole inhabitant, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. It is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose.
I've seen the stage show of The Woman in Black a couple of times and found it genuine chilling. Book Chick City reviewed this last week and I haven't been able to get it out of my mind since - I want to read it to see if it's as creepy as the show!
Grave Secret (Harper Connolly 4) - Charlaine Harris
Publisher: UK - Gollancz
When she was 15, Harper Connelly was struck by a bolt of lightning, which left her with a spiderweb of red over her body, headaches, and episodes of weakness. Sometimes her right hand shakes. And she can find dead people. It's taken a while, but at last Harper's pretty happy with her life: she's making a living for herself and Tolliver, using her unique talent to help people with. Then Tolliver's dad arrives on the scene, seeking forgiveness for the sins of their youth, and the police get a tip-off that after all these years, Cameron's been spotted in a mall. With all this going on Harper realises life is getting a little complicated, but she doesn't expect those complications to include Tolliver getting shot, or watching a cop die taking a bullet for her. Harper can find dead people, but now it's clear someone wants her dead . . .
I love the Harper Connolly series - it's such a unique talent that she has and I feel like it's been a long time since I read about her and finally it looks like there might be some answers regarding what happened to her and Tolliver's sister...
So what's on your wishlist this week?
Ooh, I really want to read The Woman in Black too. The stage show was beyond creepy!
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I know - I've seen twice and I jumped just as much the second time as I did the first!
ReplyDeleteI've read Charlaine Harris' Sookie series but not her grave. Sounds like it would be good. Hope you get these added to your TBR pile soon :)
ReplyDeleteI have dystopian classics on my wishlist this week.