Grave Echoes A Kate Waters Mystery Author:Erin Cole The nightmare is real . . . Kate Waters suffers from narcoleptic hallucinations, which recently involve her unreachable sister, Jev, and a mysterious key. When Kate receives the terrible news concerning Jev's fatal car accident and acquires the strange key from her visions, she unlocks her sister's world of perilous secrets involving witchcraft,... more » poltergeist, and a heartless killer determined to get back what is his. The danger lies in whom to trust. Terrifying paranormal encounters, a trailing wolf, and an attempted murder of one of Jev's friends, forces Kate to turn to the one she fears most, the priestess of Jev's coven, Thea. She challenges Kate's beliefs and provides her vital clues about her sister's murder, but will Kate overcome her fears before anyone else dies? To do so, she will have to trust in a world where the possibilities are unbelievable and the consequences are deadly.« less
I'm not going to try a summarize the story, there's a perfectly good one already provided. But, I will say Erin Cole wrote the BEST Mystery I've read in a long time!
My favorite thing though was the way she made all the creepy eerie events reach right out of the book to scare the pants off me in my own home. I'm always marveled at an author who came make the simplest things (like oh a window that keeps opening) seem like the most terrifying thing ever. Erin brilliantly blended a great mystery with seemingly normal events, intertwined elements of the paranormal, to create a story so life-like that it demands your full attention! The characters and their world were so beautifully described that I was able to picture everything without feeling bombarded by information (a big pet peeve of mine).
I normally follow book series that are mostly Paranormal Romance or Urban Fantasy, but Grave Echoes gave me a new genre to love. I can't wait for the next Kate Waters Mystery.