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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Karen White invites you to explore the brickwalked streets of Charleston in her fifth Tradd Street novel where historic mansions house the memories of years gone by and restless spirits refuse to fade away

With her extended maternity leave at its end Melanie Trenholm is less than thrilled to leave her new husband and beautiful twins to return to work especially when shes awoken by a phone call with no voice on the other endand the uneasy feeling that the ghostly apparitions that have stayed silent for more than a year are about to invade her life once more

But her return to the realty office goes better than she could have hoped with a new client eager to sell the home she recently inherited on South Battery Most would treasure living in one of the grandest old homes in the famous historic district of Charleston but Jayne Smith would rather sell hers as soon as possible guaranteeing Melanie a quick commission

Despite her stroke of luck Melanie cant deny that spiritsboth malevolent and benignhave started to show themselves to her again One is shrouded from sight but appears whenever Jayne is near Another arrives when an old cistern is discovered in Melanies backyard on Tradd Street

Melanie knows nothing good can come from unearthing the past But some secrets refuse to stay buried