Dead Connection
I have a theory that "first books" are always best...maybe everyone has one good novel in them? Charlie Price's first novel, Dead Connection, is a case in point. Just like the boy in Sixth Sense, Murray hear's dead people talk. Because of a horrible home life with an alcoholic mother, Murray spends much of his time in the local cemetery where he imagines himself to be a kind of "comforter" to the dead. He has special people he listens to and talks with...and one day hears a young girl calling for help. He can't quite locate her grave, but hears her moans. With the help of the cemetery keeper's daughter, Murray realizes that the girl is the missing cheerleader, Nikki, who local detectives can't find. It is an engaging book, easy to read, told by many voices as each has his or her own chapter. Five stars.