The cover of this book alone would prompt me to read it. As a Texas gal who lives in a city where El Día de los Muertos is celebrated, the skeleton with its ties to Sugar Skulls drew me in. This book is about grief, hauntings, and identity.
The protaognist, Daphne Lawrence (Daff) is haunted by recent events in her life. Her fiancé died in a tragic accident (one Daff fears she may have caused), her mother passed away from cancer, and she shut her father out of her life. She shifted her field of study from toxicology to embalming. She is a rational woman of science and doesn’t believe in what she calls “woo-woo” things like crystals and ghosts and psychics. When she discovers a haunted watch buried in the sand, she must rethink her life.
This is a well-paced thrilled which follows two threads: Daff as she confronts her grief and her father as solves his last homicide before he retires from the police force. Author Tara East successfully blends paranormal, biker gangs, police procedurals, and “woo-woo” stuff, all in a well-delineated setting of Brisbane, Australia.
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