An Inquiry Into Love and Death (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780451239259)

A young woman searches for the truth behind her uncle's mysterious death in a town haunted by a restless ghost in this gripping novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases.

Oxford student Jillian Leigh works day and night to keep up with her studies--so to leave at the beginning of the term is next to impossible. But after her uncle Toby, a renowned ghost hunter, is killed in a fall off a cliff, she must drive to the seaside village of Rothewell to pack up his belongings.

Almost immediately, unsettling incidents--a book left in a cold stove, a gate swinging open on its own--escalate into terrifying events that convince Jillian an angry spirit is trying to enter the house. Is it Walking John, the two-hundred-year-old ghost who haunts Blood Moon Bay? And who beside the ghost is roaming the local woods at night? If Toby uncovered something sinister, was his death no accident?

The arrival of handsome Scotland Yard inspector Drew Merriken, a former RAF pilot with mysteries of his own, leaves Jillian with more questions than answers--and with the added complication of a powerful, mutual attraction. Even as she suspects someone will do anything to hide the truth, she begins to discover spine-chilling secrets that lie deep within Rothewell...and at the very heart of who she is.

Author: Simone St James
ISBN-10: 0451239253
ISBN-13: 9780451239259
Publisher: Berkley Books
Language: English
Published: 03/05/2013
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/21/2013 pg. 40
Romantic Times 03/01/2013 pg. 50 - Excellent