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Death at Peony House
A Paranormal / Urban Fantasy Novel by Krista Walsh
Book 1 of the The Dark Descendants Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Ghost Story,
- Murder Mystery,
- Haunted House
This book is for you if you're into...
- Haunted hospitals where ghosts demand answers
- Sorceress sleuths juggling magic, journalism, and messy relationships
- Cold cases that refuse to stay buried
A murder. A cold case. An empty hospital full of ghosts. Not quite the headline Daphne had in mind.
A sorceress by nature and a journalist by trade, Daphne has no problem with the strange and unusual. But when she goes to Peony House on the trail of a potential story, she finds herself caught up in a 150-year-old mystery. A mystery that's still taking victims.
With Detective Hunter Avery leading the case, a man she's hurt too many times in the past, Daphne knows she should leave things well enough alone. But the ghosts of Peony House have demanded her help and more than her job is on the line if she doesn't get answers soon.
She's worked hard to escape her past of dark magic and blind ambition, but as she walks the balance between light and dark, she'll learn how many promises she's willing to break to protect the people she loves.
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