Be with the Dead

<p><strong>In the spectral silence of a deserted beach town one wrong step could be fatal.</strong></p><p></p><p>★★★★★ A riveting fast-paced intriguing read with a colorful cast of characters who pull you in and don't let go! -Lisa Regan USA Today and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Crime Fiction Author</p><p></p><p>In an almost-deserted condo complex overlooking the wintry Atlantic some secrets are stored away just as carefully as the summer deck chairs-until Ann Kinnear arrives.</p><p></p><p>Hired for what should be a straightforward speaking engagement at a writer's conference Ann is soon drawn into a tangle of ambitions grudges and dangerous bargains. An author desperate to break free of a suffocating publishing contract a calculating editor juggling clients and agendas and a shadowy figure slipping in and out of a thirteenth-floor unit all become part of a web Ann can't ignore-especially when her unique ability starts picking up threads no one else can perceive.</p><p></p><p>As icy winds rattle the condo's walkways and the off-season streets grow darker Ann must decide whom to trust in a community where every favor comes with strings and where the next knock at the door could bring a breakthrough ... or a one-way descent.</p><p></p><p>For readers who love atmospheric settings amateur sleuths with an extraordinary edge tangled motives and slow-burn suspense that builds toward a deadly confrontation <em>Be with the Dead</em> blends the eerie isolation of a winter beach town with the pulse-pounding stakes of a narrow ledge negotiation where a single misstep could be the last step Ann takes.</p>