The Second Life of Cecily Pride — Claire Dalton

CECILY PRIDE HAD BEEN DEAD FOR 22 YEARS…

But had she really died -- or had her soul and memory been given to young Melissa Nigel?

Desperate for acceptance -- and prodded by her greedy adoptive father -- Melissa allowed herself to be investigated and tested to exhaustion. But the situation was eating away at her: she lived in Cecily's house, felt a growing affection for Cecily's family and friends, and feared it would destroy her love for the skeptical young detective assigned to her case.

But before Melissa could begin to live -- two mysteries needed solving: the unexplainable intimate knowledge of Cecily Pride's life -- and the shadowed paradox of Cecily Pride's death…