The Ghosts of Thorwald Place
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4.2 • 10 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A Mystery Scene Magazine 2021 Editor's Pick
Trust No One. Especially Your Neighbors.
Rachel Drake is on the run from the man who killed her husband. She never leaves her safe haven in an anonymous doorman building, until one night a phone call sends her running. On her way to the garage, she is murdered in the elevator. But her story doesn’t end there.
She finds herself in the afterlife, tethered to her death spot, her reach tied to the adjacent apartments. As she rides the elevator up and down, the lives of the residents intertwine. Every one of them has a dark secret. An aging trophy wife whose husband strays. A surgeon guarding a locked room. A TV medium who may be a fraud. An ordinary man with a mysterious hobby.
Compelled to spend eternity observing her neighbors, she realizes that any one of them could be her killer.
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Kae Archer, the narrator of Power's enticing debut, a paranormal thriller, moves from Ottawa to Toronto after her husband's murder, fearful the killer is also out to get her. Under a new identity, Kae resides in Thorwald Place, a luxury apartment building known for its impeccable security, where she volunteers for a distress line service. One night, Kae gets a call from someone who says he knows who she is and announces, "I'm coming for you." Kae tries to flee the building, but her pursuer catches her and slits her throat, leaving her soul trapped in her body. Confined now to Thorwald Place, where others can't see or hear her, Kae soon learns that its inhabitants present personas to outsiders quite different from their true selves. While Kae's murder is investigated, she becomes intimately familiar with a woman whose husband is having an affair with a man, a pregnant woman living with an abusive husband, a mother keeping her husband in an induced coma because he has threatened to take away her son, and others, possibly including her own murderer. Distinctive characters complement the original plot. Power is off to a promising start.
Customer Reviews
A decent ghost story
The characters are interesting, and Kae’s struggles as a ghost gripping, but I feel the conclusion to the actual mystery of who killed Kae to be a tad underwhelming.