Ellie Jordan’s job is to catch and remove unwanted
ghosts. Part detective, part paranormal exterminator, Ellie operates out of
Savannah, Georgia, one of the oldest and most haunted cities in North America.
When a family contacts her to deal with a disturbance
presence in the old mansion they’ve recently purchased, Ellie first believes it
to be a typical, by-the-book specter, a residual haunting by a restless spirit.
Instead, she finds herself confronted an evil older and more powerful than
she’d ever expected, rooted in the house’s long and sordid history of luxury,
sin, and murder. The dangerous entity seems particularly interested in her
clients’ ten-year-old daughter.
Soon her own life is in danger, and Ellie must find a way
to exorcise the darkness of the house before it can kill her, her clients, or
their frightened young child.
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This is definitely not the book to start late, late at
night. Not far into it I got the bejeezus scared out of me. So I quickly laid
it down and started it the next day. I wasn't prepared for the gruesome and the
scary parts. But man was this was a fantastic book. Especially now that the
Halloween season is upon us. Absolutely the most perfect time to start this
great read.
Bryan and his words held my attention the entire time. It
had me eagerly anticipating what was to come and what these crazy, spooky
ghosts were up to. And I am hoping beyond hope that he has more books planned
for Ellie. It definitely needs to happen.
What I wasn't keen on was the lack of romance. I love me
some romance. I need me some romance. And yet, this book had none. But it
didn't stop me from loving it.
Oh no. I was very happy in the end and couldn't have
asked for a better book.
A must read…a fantastic read! I look forward to more.
(There better be more!) 5 Spooky Stars!
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Why Ghosts?
My new series follows the adventures of Ellie Jordan, a
private detective who specializes in removing ghosts from haunted houses and
other locations. There are several
reasons I wanted to write about ghosts in particular. They’re particularly interesting as
paranormal characters/creatures go, because unlike vampires, werewolves,
zombies, and so on, there is at least some chance that ghosts might really
exist. While we can say with some
confidence that nobody in the world actually turns into the wolf on a full
moon, we can’t dismiss ghosts with as much certainty.
Ghosts have been with us for at least as long as recorded
history. Ghosts are mentioned in the
most ancient texts, including The Epic of Gilgamesh, the world’s earliest known
work of literature. Odysseus speaks with
ghosts in the underworld; in the Old Testament, the witch of Endor summons the
ghost of the prophet Samuel to speak with King Saul.
Ghosts are universal, and stories of ghosts and spirits
exist in all human societies. This made
them an even more appealing subject, because the world of the story could be
virtually identical to our own. It’s not
hard to find people who claim to have encountered a ghost at some point in
their lives. Maybe you’ve encountered
one yourself!
In the spirit of keeping the series in close touch with
reality, I decided that Ellie’s assorted ghost gear would consist of real
items, as much as possible. Since there
is now a huge “ghost hunter” subculture, there is a pretty wide assortment of
related tools available: EMF Meter, Mel-Meters, special motion detectors, and
so on. Ghost hunters typically use
infrared, nightvision, and high-powered microphones to detect voices or other
spectral sounds.
I also studied a large number of reported ghost sightings
and encounters, as well as near-death experiences, to learn all I could about
how ghosts behave and what their motivations might be. There were far, far more stories out there
than I originally expected to find.
Finally, while writing the first book, I realized that
while the series provided an opportunity to write lots of fun, spooky mystery
stories, it also brought me to deeper questions about human nature and reality
itself. All fiction is really about exploring
the human soul, and ghost stories are all about the human soul.
I hope you’ll join Ellie on her adventures in ghost
trapping! I’ve put a lot of work into
developing this series, and I can’t wait to see where it goes next.
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