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Dead Girls Are Easy
Terri Garey
Avon, Sep 2007, $5.99
ISBN 9780061136153
In Atlanta only the incredible efforts and refusal to quit by ER Dr. Joe Bascombe (and her lack of change for the ferryman) saved the life of Nicki Styx after she was rushed to the hospital following a heart attack. The rest of the ER crew was ready to take her to the morgue when she flatlined, but Joe brought her back from the dead.
However, the clothing store owner’s return to the living includes a slightly difference perception of reality. She can see ghosts who also know about her new skill. The spirits begin visiting Nicki at her store and her apartment as they want her help to resolve messes that prevent them from entering the light. The biggest pain in the butt is her late friend Caprice, who demands Nicki solve her homicide mystery be entering the mysterious realm of voodoo. Joe, who researches near death experiences, is attracted to Nicki and her to him, but rejects her contention that she communicates with the dead; still threats on her life are real.
Although at times the ghosts show more life than the living, fans of paranormal romantic satire will appreciate this amusing contemporary with the prime relationship emphasis being between Nikki and her spirits. The story line is fast-paced as Nicki seems to jump from one ghostly demand to another. Although the romance with Joe takes a back seat with motives not explored as he insists she his estranged wife’s identical twin sister, fans of lighthearted supernatural romps like Michael J Fox’s The Frighteners will want to read this humorous tale of the Atlanta’s afterlife.
Terri Garey
Avon, Sep 2007, $5.99
ISBN 9780061136153
In Atlanta only the incredible efforts and refusal to quit by ER Dr. Joe Bascombe (and her lack of change for the ferryman) saved the life of Nicki Styx after she was rushed to the hospital following a heart attack. The rest of the ER crew was ready to take her to the morgue when she flatlined, but Joe brought her back from the dead.
However, the clothing store owner’s return to the living includes a slightly difference perception of reality. She can see ghosts who also know about her new skill. The spirits begin visiting Nicki at her store and her apartment as they want her help to resolve messes that prevent them from entering the light. The biggest pain in the butt is her late friend Caprice, who demands Nicki solve her homicide mystery be entering the mysterious realm of voodoo. Joe, who researches near death experiences, is attracted to Nicki and her to him, but rejects her contention that she communicates with the dead; still threats on her life are real.
Although at times the ghosts show more life than the living, fans of paranormal romantic satire will appreciate this amusing contemporary with the prime relationship emphasis being between Nikki and her spirits. The story line is fast-paced as Nicki seems to jump from one ghostly demand to another. Although the romance with Joe takes a back seat with motives not explored as he insists she his estranged wife’s identical twin sister, fans of lighthearted supernatural romps like Michael J Fox’s The Frighteners will want to read this humorous tale of the Atlanta’s afterlife.
