Everybody dies. Nobody leaves . . . Award-winning author Scott William Carter returns with his tenth novel, a spellbinding tale of a man who bridges both sides of the great divide.After narrowly surviving a near-fatal shooting, Portland detective Myron Vale wakes with a bullet still lodged in his brain, a headache to end all headaches, and a terrible side effect that radically transforms his … transforms his world for the worse: He sees ghosts. Lots of them.
By some estimates, a hundred billion people have lived and died before anyone alive today was even born. For Myron, they’re all still here. That’s not even his biggest problem. No matter how hard he tries, he can’t tell the living from the dead.
Despite this, Myron manages to piece together something of a life as a private investigator specializing in helping people on both sides of the great divide—until a stunning blonde beauty walks into his office needing help finding her husband. Myron wants no part of the case until he sees the man’s picture … and instantly his carefully reconstructed life begins to unravel.
“Carter’s writing is on target.” – Publishers Weekly
“The Sixth Sense meets Spenser For Hire in Scott William Carter’s magnificent Ghost Detective.” – Michael J. Totten, author of Taken
“Scott is one of those rare writers who can and does cross genres, and do it well. You never know what kind of story you’ll get from him, but you do know that it’ll be good.” – Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Hugo award-winning author of The Disappeared
From the author of The Gray and Guilty Sea and Wooden Bones, comes this riveting novel of a man cursed with a terrible gift. In a world where everybody dies but nobody leaves, Myron Vale is the rare individual who completely straddles both sides of the great divide. His strange ability resulting from a gunshot to the head while serving as a Portland police officer, a few years later he recovers to forge a new life as private investigator catering to both the living and the dead. With its memorable characters, taut prose, and spellbinding story, Scott William Carter’s Ghost Detective will haunt you long after you finish the final pages — a promising launch to what will hopefully be a long-running series.—FRP
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The preview sounded a lot better than the book. Some of the characters were really obnoxious and you couldnt connect with the protagonist’s obsession with them
Good read.
keeps you reading until the end
Trust me, if you like murder mysteries, and want to read something really original, this is it!
What an amazing book. Great story, great writing and great characters. I could not put it down, and read late into the night. An exciting read with a surprising and happy ending. Thank you……
A new author for me. Very inventive in both content and characterization. Will definitely be reading more of hi stuff.
What an unexpected read! Ghosts from a different angle with a story to match! I loved it!
Good detective novel with a twist”
A real good read. After reading the first book, I had to get the rest.
Plot was flat
Really liked this and look forward to the series. Carter has created a whole new world where ghosts and the living intersect.
I have not finished reading this one just yet. I can tell you the I am more than half way through and can not wait to finish this page turner.
I only got 25% of it read and lost interest. The characters aren’t very likable.
Relaxing & very original
jumped around a lot. didn’t care for the story.
It kept me guessing till the end. It confused me a little because it jumped back and forth every chapter from past to present. Placing a date at the beginning of each chapter would have been helpful.
This was a great read. I enjoyed every page.
Not my typ of book. I found the characters and Ghosts hard to relate to
Liked the premise. Characters were good.
This was a real page turner. Very interesting take on the afterlife and a mystery to boot. Loved it.