Powder House

Julie Danner, the daughter of a retired cop and a mother who's been teetering on the edge of insanity for as long as she can remember, has been running away from home for nine years. She hoped leaving and starting a career in journalism would silence the voices in her head causing her to question her own sanity. But when Chuck, her wheelchair-bound dad, calls asking for help with her mother, she's forced to go back home and confront the woman she hoped never to see again.Elizabeth...
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Julie Danner, the daughter of a retired cop and a mother who's been teetering on the edge of insanity for as long as she can remember, has been running away from home for nine years. She hoped leaving and starting a career in journalism would silence the voices in her head causing her to question her own sanity. But when Chuck, her wheelchair-bound dad, calls asking for help with her mother, she's forced to go back home and confront the woman she hoped never to see again.Elizabeth Danner resents her daughter's return, which she fears may expose the horrific secrets she's fought for decades to keep hidden. Secrets, that if uncovered, could shatter the fragile life she built to maintain her last remaining threads of sanity.If returning home weren't bad enough, the house Julie moves into when she returns to Hopes Ridge may be haunted. The reporter in her tries to ignore the signs. But as the spectral visits become more intense, Julie realizes the other side is desperately trying to send her a message. To decipher the meaning, Julie reluctantly teams up with Madam Angeline LaChappelle, a medium, who's spent her life avoiding the black spirits among us that feed on fear and our baser instincts. Soon after the two meet a dark spirit determined to stop Julie, overtakes Madam Angeline before she can warn Julie that the answers she seeks may lie deep within her DNA.The clues to the murder of Jenny's ghost lie in the links to cold-cases her father uncovers. As the bodies pile up, the killer who started down a twisted, murderous path long ago is closer than anyone realizes. Lurking at the center of the novel is a fetid secret carrying the stink of betrayal, lust, and love twisted beyond anything natural. Powder House reminds us that every house tells a story and every family has a history.