Ghost of a Chance by Kate Marsh

Author:Kate Marsh [Marsh, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: General, Fiction, Fantasy fiction, Mystery & Detective, Ghost, Detective and mystery stories, Women Sleuths
ISBN: 9780451223241
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2008-02-05T05:00:00+00:00

"Can't you smell the fear on him?" Dad sniffed the air. "Every time he looks at you, it grows stronger."

I did the same. "No. The only thing I can smell is croissant."

"If only I'd not fallen in love with your mother…you would have been a full-blooded polter, and would be able to sense the things we can." He shook his head sadly, his face clearing when Tony offered him a powdered-sugar-dusted almond croissant.

"This is so … strange. Different. Indefinable," Savannah said, gesturing vaguely. "I had no idea that a language could consist of clicks and knocks.

Might I ask what it is you're saying to each other?"

Adam shook his head when Tony offered him a plate, and clamped a hand on Meredith's shoulder instead. "Nothing important. Since you object the most to being interviewed, why don't we get it over with?"

Meredith muttered some pretty rude things under his breath, but he evidently decided that resistance wasn't going to do him any good against Adam. I thanked Tony as I took a still-warm croissant and a cup of coffee, following the two men to our little interview cubbyhole.

"Well! While Adam and Karma are busy with the interviews, why don't the rest of us do our part to discover the truth of what happened to Spider?"

Savannah said in a bright, cheerful voice that clashed severely with the darkness outside, the late hour, and the dead man in the basement.

I stopped, slowly turning to face her.

My rather made a wry face. "The truth is your husband killed him."

"He did not!" She glared at him for a moment before her naturally perky nature took over. "I realize things look bad for Meredith, but you have to trust me when I say that he would never do anything so heinous. And I can prove he didn't do it!"

"How?" I asked, my suspicions fired up again.

She flashed a smile. "It's simple. We'll ask Spider himself."

"Oh, for god's sake, you're not going to have one of your idiotic seances now, are you?" Meredith called from the other side of the room.

"Seance?" Pixie asked, pulling out her iPod's ear-buds. "We're going to have a seance? Since I can't have a ghoul, can I summon a demon?"

Adam gave her a curious look before turning back to Meredith. I was going to say something, but figured I'd wait until I was alone with Pixie.

Instead, I addressed Savannah. "I appreciate your desire to clear your husband's name, but I'm not sure a seance is the best thing to do right now."

"Really?" She tipped her head to the side. "I don't see why not. If anyone can tell us what happened to him, it's Spider."

I hesitated, weighing my need to have Meredith pay for his crime and my reluctance to get involved in something so potentially volatile as a seance. It was impossible to judge whether Savannah possessed the mediumistic powers needed to summon a deceased person, let alone control him or her. "Have you ever conducted a seance before?"

"Oh yes, several times."

"Have

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