Ghostly Echoes a Jackaby Novel by William Ritter

Ghostly Echoes

by William Ritter

YA Paranormal Mystery

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Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly lady of 926 Augur Lane, has enlisted the investigative services of her fellow residents to solve a decade-old murder—her own. Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, Detective R. F. Jackaby, dive into the cold case, starting with a search for Jenny’s fiancé, who went missing the night she died. But when a new, gruesome murder closely mirrors the events of ten years prior, Abigail and Jackaby realize that Jenny’s case isn’t so cold after all, and her killer may be far more dangerous than they suspected.

Fantasy and folklore mix with mad science as Abigail’s race to unravel the mystery leads her across the cold cobblestones of nineteenth-century New England, down to the mythical underworld, and deep into her colleagues’ grim histories to battle the most deadly foe she has ever faced. 

I am loving this series. It is a perfect merger of Buffy, Sherlock, and Supernatural. I especially liked this book in the series as it focused a lot on Jenny, who is one of my favorite characters. She is finally ready to figure out who murdered her and what happened to her fiancé ten years ago. But the case is not easy, and sends Abigail into the underworld – which is awesome as it brings in some mythology into this already awesome series.

While I love a lot of things about this book, and this series, one of the things that falls a little short is the setting. Because this is very Sherlockian in nature, I always feel like it is set in England rather than New England. There should be a little more done to distinguish that this is America not England, in my opinion.

Overall, Ritter is able to perfectly blend together supernatural, mythical, and mystery. The characters continue to grow from book to book. The overarching plot has come to a head in this book, and is obviously going to be finished in the next and last book in the series. I wish there was going to be more adventures, mysteries, and cases after the fourth book, but I understand that good things do have to come to an end sometime.

Highly recommended book and series. 4.5 out of 5 Stars.

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