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The Sinner by Amanda Stevens
Graveyard Queen Series Book #6
3.5 Stars
What's it About?
I am a living ghost, a wanderer in search of my purpose and place. I'm a cemetery restorer by trade, but my calling has evolved from that of ghost seer to death walker to detective of lost souls. I solve the riddles of the dead so the dead will leave me alone.
I've come to Seven Gates Cemetery nursing a broken heart, but peace is hard to come by…for the ghosts here and for me. When the body of a young woman is discovered in a caged grave, I know that I've been summoned for a reason. Only I can unmask her killer. I want to trust the detective assigned to the case for he is a ghost seer like me. But how can I put my faith in anyone when supernatural forces are manipulating my every thought? When reality is ever-changing? And when the one person I thought I could trust above all others has turned into a diabolical stranger?
What Did I Think?
The whole idea behind the plot of this series is unique. It seems that I have learned something with each of the six books. With this one I learned about "mortsafes". Throughout most of the 18th century and even into the early 19th century graves were sometimes enclosed in locked cages to discourage not only grave robber from taking valuables but to keep those that dug up and sold corpses from being able to reach the body until it had decomposed enough that it no longer had a value. Amelia Gray has remained a refreshing and likable character throughout the entire series and some of the "baddies" are starting now to make a reappearance. It's not a gruesome series in spite of the title. Just fast moving interesting stories about an unusual subject. Anyone that likes a little creepy atmosphere in their books will like this series.
