THE SPECTRAL CITY is 1.99 across all digital platforms, today only!

Right in time for A SANCTUARY OF SPIRITS, releasing in just 2 weeks, THE SPECTRAL CITY is on sale for only 1.99 across all digital platforms thanks to Kensington Books!

About THE SPECTRAL CITY:

“A spooky thrill—lovely and bold, with terrific characters and a glorious gaslamp setting that’s filled to the brim with beauty and peril” (Che

rie Priest, Locus Award–winning author of Boneshaker).
 
In turn-of-the century New York City, the police have an off-the-books spiritual go-to when it comes to solving puzzling corporeal crimes . . .
 
Her name is Eve Whitby, gifted medium and spearhead of the Ghost Precinct. When most women are traveling in a gilded society that promises only well-appointed marriage, the confident nineteen-year-old Eve navigates a social circle that carries a different kind of chill. Working with the diligent but skeptical Detective Horowitz, as well as a group of fellow psychics and wayward ghosts, Eve holds her own against detractors and threats to solve New York’s most disturbing crimes as only a medium of her ability can.
 
But as accustomed as Eve is to ghastly crimes and all matters of the uncanny, even she is unsettled by her department’s latest mystery. Her ghostly conduits are starting to disappear one by one as though snatched away by some evil force determined to upset the balance between two realms, and most important—destroy the Ghost Precinct forever. Now Eve must brave the darkness to find the vanished souls. She has no choice. It’s her job to make sure no one is ever left for dead.
 
“The Spectral City is The Alienist with Ghost Detectives . . . There is texture on every page and it’s a delight to read.” —Jason Henderson, author of the Alex Van Helsing series
 
“[A] personable cast, snappy prose, and intriguing premise.” —Publishers Weekly 

After picking up or continuing to enjoy THE SPECTRAL CITY, please hop over to our fantastic and unique PREORDER CAMPAIGN for A SANCTUARY OF SPIRITS , (Spectral City 2) with this amazing free Gothic art by Kelley Hensing included with purchase! If you're in NYC, be sure to join us at WORD, BROOKLYN Nov. 12 at 7pm for our launch party in conversation with Zoraida Córdova! Please RSVP so we know how much wine and snacks to have for you all!

For paperback pre-orders, signed and personalized via WORD: Click here! Or, after pre-ordering from any other retailer, digital or paperback, put in your order confirmation and mailing info here (mailing addresses will be discarded after the campaign) and you'll get this exclusive 5x7 art, signed bookmarks and more! 

Happy Haunting!

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THE SPECTRAL CITY Pre-Order Prize! And a SPECTRAL CITY teaser!

DARLINGS!
11 days until THE SPECTRAL CITY releases into this world and launches an exciting new series full of ghosts, mystery and mayhem! 

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Solving crime isn’t only for the living.  
In turn-of-the century New York City, the police have an off-the-books spiritual go-to when it comes to solving puzzling corporeal crimes . . .
 
Her name is Eve Whitby, gifted medium and spearhead of The Ghost Precinct. When most women are traveling in a gilded society that promises only well-appointed marriage, the confident nineteen-year-old Eve navigates a social circle that carries a different kind of chill. Working with the diligent but skeptical Lieutenant Horowitz, as well as a group of fellow psychics and wayward ghosts, Eve holds her own against detractors and threats to solve New York’s most disturbing crimes as only a medium of her ability can.
 
But as accustomed as Eve is to ghastly crimes and all matters of the uncanny, even she is unsettled by her department’s latest mystery. Her ghostly conduits are starting to disappear one by one as though snatched away by some evil force determined to upset the balance between two realms, and most important—destroy the Ghost Precinct forever. Now Eve must brave the darkness to find the vanished souls. She has no choice. It’s her job to make sure no one is ever left for dead.

Kensington Books is offering a beautiful pre-order thank you gift! Once you've pre-ordered via your favorite retailer in eBook (only $3.99) or print paperback or audio book, go here and enter your confirmation # and your thank you gift will be sent, including these lovely items including a signed bookmark, bookplate and more!


AND NOW!

An exclusive little window into the next phase: here's a sneak peak at the first draft of a scene from The Spectral City sequel, out in fall 2019!


Manhattan, 1899:

Suddenly, Eve was downstairs. Wavering in the parlor,  she found herself staring at the bulky telephone box on the wall as if she were expecting a call.

With no memory of how had she gotten downstairs, she looked down to find that she was in her dressing gown. It’s voluminous layers of satin, silk and lace were synched tight around her waist.

The phone rang. But it didn’t, really. A ghost of a ring sounded like a faraway bell. A phantom ringing, something trying to reach her from the beyond.

She picked up the receiver. There was a distinct hiss on the line. Breathing.

Eve wanted to recoil, to drop the bell in terror but a familiar voice began speaking, as though from a great distance.   

“Hello Eve,” said a gentle voice through the bell, soft, barely audible over a static hiss.

“Hello?”

“It’s Lily Strand. Remember me?”

Lily Strand was dead. A deaconess who had ushered Ingrid Schwerin’s spirit onward to peace, she was a guardian of children’s souls.

“Yes…” Eve whispered into the bell.

“Come to the Sanctuary, Eve. I need you to come. For the children. It’s the only way to make this right. You’ve failed them so you must come now.”

(end of draft excerpt)

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