Kindred Spirits

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Odd Thomas meets Veronica Mars...

Chris Wilson sees dead people. Sees them, hears them, and helps them finish their business so they can find peace. But when a local crime reporter does a hit piece painting her as a charlatan on the nightly news, she finds her future as a ghost whisperer in jeopardy. Fortunately, her big sister, Ron, deceased but not departed, remains as fiercely protective of her kid sister as she ever was in life.

Determined to vindicate Chris, Ron aims to give Derek Brandt a haunting he'll never forget. But Ron gets more than she bargained for when she discovers Derek is already haunted — by the ghost of his murdered brother. Jimmy Brandt is stuck in limbo, unable to communicate with his younger brother and unable to move on until his murder is solved. It's up to Chris to convince the highly skeptical Derek that his brother needs him, and that she's the real deal.

It's not an easy prospect, considering Chris and Derek have a rocky history beyond his slanderous news story. But swallowing her pride and anger to get Derek past his hostility and suspicion might be the easy part, considering there are mysterious forces, both human and other, that don't want this cold case warmed back up, and will kill to keep their secrets. Solving Jimmy's murder might be the most dangerous request Chris has ever taken on. But if she and Derek survive, they might just find that old enemies can turn out to be kindred spirits.

The Spirits Series

About the author

Jean Marie Bauhaus

Jean Marie Bauhaus is both a traditionally-published and indie author of seven novels and counting, as well as a number of novellas and short stories. She also writes freelance articles about dogs and cats for a living.
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Born and raised in Oklahoma, she currently makes her home in the middle of the woods deep in the Ozark mountains with her husband of 18 years, a velociraptor in the guise of a German shepherd named Dixie, a green-eyed floof named Olive, two box turtles and a flock of ducks and chickens. When she’s not writing about ghosts, zombies, vampires and other things that go bump in the night, she can usually be found hiking the side of the mountain or trading her keyboard for knitting needles and curling up with a mug of tea and a horror podcast.
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Or at the microwave, re-heating her tea because she forgot to drink it before it got cold. #writerproblems
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Jean has a Bachelor of Science in Social Science, Psych/Soc emphasis, which means she’s smart enough to finish college but not smart enough to choose a major that’s actually useful. But it comes in handy for building psychological character profiles and developing post-apocalyptic societies.
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Easily spooked by ghost stories as a child, teen Jean faced her fears by forcing herself to watch horror movies and read Stephen King until she fell in love with the genre. As a grown-up (more or less, depending on who you ask), her tastes expanded to include a broader range of speculative fiction and romance, but she keeps coming back to the supernatural and paranormal. She has a strong affection for all things zombie-related, which is a good thing considering she wrote an entire trilogy in that genre.

Read free short stories, serialized fiction and Jean's musings on the supernatural along with news and updates at her Substack, Through a Glass, Darkly.​​​​​​​ Read it online at http://jeanmariebauhaus.substack.com, and subscribe to have it delivered straight to your inbox!