The Attic on Queen Street by Karen White
Source: Publisher Paperback, 416 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate
**don't read this one until you've read the others**
The Attic on Queen Street by Karen White is the seventh and last book in this ghostly mystery series. Melanie and Jack Trenholm are not in a good place at the start of this one. He's no longer living in the Tradd Street home and they are sharing custody of their twins, while his daughter, Nola, stayed with Melanie. It's clear that there is some tension between them, but the love they share and the heat are still present, even if they choose to ignore it.
"...faces of my children and Jack stared out at me from the computer's background wallpaper, a reminder of everything we had lost. Or maybe we had just misplaced it." (from ARC)
In this story, Melanie is trying to help Veronica, an old friend, solve the murder of her sister, which has been a cold case since their college days. Veronica's husband, however, is eager to move out of their house and into a new place, as well as close the book on his sister-in-law's unsolved murder. As with all other books, ghosts are showing up, leaving things in places they shouldn't, and making things a little difficult for Melanie who is a reluctant communicator with the dead.
In the midst of this mystery, Marc Longo makes another appearance, and desperation has Jack and Melanie agreeing to be under the same roof and allow filming on the book Marc stole from Jack to begin in their house. You can imagine what kind of tension there will be.
The Attic on Queen Street by Karen White has everything I've loved about this series from the beginning - ghosts, mysteries, and complicated relationships. I'm so glad this ended happily, and I cannot wait for the New Orleans spinoff series to begin.
RATING: Cinquain
Other Reviews of the Series:
The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street (not reviewed)
Other Books by Karen White:
About the Author:
Karen White is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and currently writes what she refers to as ‘grit lit’—Southern women’s fiction—and has also expanded her horizons into writing a mystery series set in Charleston, South Carolina. Karen hails from a long line of Southerners but spent most of her growing up years in London, England and is a graduate of the American School in London. When not writing, she spends her time reading, scrapbooking, playing piano, and avoiding cooking. She currently lives near Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and two children, and two spoiled Havanese dogs.
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