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Second Glance | Jodi Picoult

Ghost hunter Ross Wakeman ends up in the small town of Comtosook, Vermont when a piece of land waiting to be developed starts showing signs that it may be haunted. Staying with his sister, Shelby and her terminally ill son Ethan, Ross settles into life there–until he not only finds the ghost, but falls in love.

As Ross is trying to uncover the the mystery of the haunting, police chief Eli Roche opens a seventy-year-old murder case that is connected to the hauntings, and still unresolved.

Far away in Baltimore, a young geneticist named Meredith Oliver encounters her own troubles when her young daughter Lucy starts showing signs that she may be delusional–or terrorized by ghosts, and her aging grandmother, Ruby falls ill.

In her typical style, all of these character’s stories weave together though chance and fate to form a strong narrative and an engaging plot. Part mystery, part ghost story, part romance, part Native American history and part historical study of Eugenics, Second Glance has elements that should entice a wide variety of readers. This audiobook is masterfully narrated, and the speaker’s voice is engaging–definitely an excellent selection for the car.

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