The Ivy Witch
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Last published Fri, Aug 25, 2017
"How do ghosts come to be?" Rosa inquired, exhaling softly into the phone she cradled.
The other end went silent for a moment. "That's easy. Injustice."
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If you asked anyone in the suburbs of Stillwater who Rachel Landis was, they'd tell you she was a dead girl. An odd girl. They didn't know she was a witch in life. They didn't know she was a ghost in death. She never fit right, but when Rosa Perez enters her afterlife with a bundle of questions and a thirst for answers, she thinks she just might be able to slip away. She could be normal, just like her mother had wanted.
Rosa had settled into the unique grooves of her life and was feeling pretty comfortable. That is, until she stumbles into her friendly neighborhood ghost and starts digging up a cold case. Forming an impromptu Mystery Gang with her oddball friends and the deceased's family, Rosa uncovers more about the darkness lurking in the tight-knit community in an attempt to solve Rachel's murder.
In a world of twisted witches, family lies, and desperation will Rosa be able to find the truth and put Rachel to rest?
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