Abby Kimball has slowly accepted her recently discovered ability to see the dead, but none of the harmless sightings she’s experienced could have prepared her for the startling apparition of a centuries-old courtroom scene – where she locks eyes with a wicked and gleeful accuser. Thrown back more than 300 years, Abby realizes she’s been plunged into a mystery that has fascinated people throughout American history: the Salem witch trials.
With her boyfriend Ned at her side, Abby digs into the history of the events, researching the people and possible causes of that terrible time and her own connection to them-all the while going more deeply into her connection to Ned, both extraordinary and romantic.
As Abby witnesses more fragments from the events in Salem and struggles with the question of how such a nightmare could have come about, she’s suddenly confronted with a pressing personal question: Were one or more of her ancestors among the accused? Unraveling the puzzling clues behind that question just might give Abby and Ned the answer to a very modern mystery of their own.
Thrilling third installment. Nothing is going easy for Abby right now. Her house sitting job ended, so she had to leave her temporary home and move in with new boyfriend Ned, and she lost her job at the museum when she accidentally figured out that the young daughter (Ellie) of her boss Leslie has the same mystical talent to see the dead that Abby and Ned both share–and no wonder why. Ned had once been engaged to Leslie, and when their relationship had ended easily and mutually, they’d stayed friends–so much so that…
If you’re addicted to genealogy, history AND have the “gift”, this is a GREAT book. If not, with all due respect to Ms Connolly, you’d best read something else. But since I AM a genealogy and history addict who inherited (from my dad’s side) a wide range of psychic abilities, and from my mom’s, a bunch of lineal ancestors who lived in the Salem area before and during the Witch Trials and who knew many of the players, is it any wonder I couldn’t put this book down? Yes, the plot wanders, and yes, it’s heavy on historical facts, and yes, the characters are a bit…
The Last One of These I’ll Read ***Warning – Information and possible SPOILERS about this book and the previous books in the series are present in this review***Â