The Bones of Willow Lake

Celia Burne bought a house in LaGrange, Georgia, thinking she's found a place for herself and her dog, Barnibus, to find rest and solitude--a break from the heartbreak of her mother’s death and the resulting incarceration of her younger sister. What she finds in the beginning of her new life, however, isn't what she bargained for. Celia discovers two of the house's former residents still live there decades after their deaths. Although artist Paul Gray only wants Celia's friendship, and perhaps a little bit more, Celia begins to feel that finding Gray's body would allow him to pass over into the light. In order to find the body, however, Celia has to solve a 1947 triple murder mystery, and the angry spirit of Ruth Wilkins doesn't want this to happen. With help from an elderly neighbor and her cartoonist grandson, Celia wrestles with the mystery until she's thrown into a tailspin and is forced to decide whether she is willing to let Gray go or if she would rather keep him for herself. All the while, the story begs the question of who is helping whom?