About the Book
READING, WRITING, AND RAISING THE DEAD
When Chess Putnam is
ordered by an infamous crime boss — who also happens to be her drug
dealer — to use her powers as a witch to solve a grisly murder involving
dark magic, she knows she must rise to the challenge. Adding to the
intensity: Chess’s boyfriend, Terrible, doesn’t trust her, and Lex, the
son of a rival crime lord, is trying to reignite the sparks between him
and Chess.
Plus there’s the little matter of Chess’s real job as a ghost hunter for the Church of Real Truth, investigating reports of a
haunting at a school in the heart of Downside. Someone seems to be
taking a crash course in summoning the dead — and if Chess doesn’t watch
her back, she may soon be joining their ranks.
As Chess is drawn into a shadowy world of twisted secrets and dark violence, it soon
becomes clear that she’s not going to emerge from its depths without
making the ultimate sacrifice.
