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How to Marry a Ghost.


How to Marry a Ghost

Hope McIntyre

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Second in the series (this reviewer re·view·er  
n.
One who reviews, especially one who writes critical reviews, as for a newspaper or magazine.


reviewer
Noun

a person who writes reviews of books, films, etc.

Noun 1.
 is reading the first at the time of this writing) featuring Lee Bartholomew, ghostwriter ghost·writ·er  
n.
One who writes for and gives credit of authorship to another.

Noun 1. ghostwriter - a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
ghost
, this mystery finds Lee in the Hamptons for a dual purpose. First is a "commitment" ceremony between her mother and a wealthy man to take place on the beach. The second is to secure the job of writing an aging rock star's autobiography autobiography: see biography.
autobiography

Biography of oneself narrated by oneself. Little autobiographical literature exists from antiquity and the Middle Ages; with a handful of exceptions, the form begins to appear only in the 15th century.
. He is a recluse, and reluctant to tell his story, and after a couple of sessions, he breaks off the venture.

The key to the would-be book is the death of a young groupie in his bed in London many years before. The rock star was never charged, but the mystery of who murdered the girl is still the subject of rampant speculation, which has haunted haunt  
v. haunt·ed, haunt·ing, haunts

v.tr.
1. To inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being.

2.
 him all his life. Soon after her arrival, Lee sees a body of a woman dressed in a bridesmaid's dress drifting in from the ocean. It turns out to be the rock star's son. Another murder takes place shortly thereafter, and the plot doesn't unravel until Lee returns to London. The story flows fluidly and is well-written.
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