Isabella Moon by Laura Benedict

"At the risk of raising suspicions about her mysterious past, Kate Russell arrives at the Carystown, KY, police station with information about the disappearance of nine-year-old Isabella Moon. Sheriff Bill Delaney is skeptical when Kate claims her information came from the missing girl's ghost. When the mother of Kate's best friend, Francie, is murdered and a local high school athlete drops dead a few days later, Sheriff Delaney finds Kate's involvement in another murder too coincidental. Kate's reasons for reinventing herself in this small town are revealed in flashbacks to her life with her abusive husband, and the tension mounts as the story reaches its rewarding conclusion. Benedict'a debut is a small-town thriller with a hint of the supernatural and compelling, well-drawn characters."

~ Karen Kleckner, Deerfield P.L., IL Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.