Ghostwriter — Noreen Wald

Who's killing Manhattan's Ghostwriters

Jake O'Hara never expected a seance at a New York apartment to be part of her job. Jake had signed on as a ghostwriter, secretly writing for a grande dame of mystery fiction whose talent died before she did. The author's East Side residence was impressive. But her entourage--from a Mrs. Danvers-like housekeeper to a lurking hypnotherapist--was creepy. Still, all in a day's work--until a killer started going after ghostwriters, and Jake suspected that she was chillingly close to the culprit. Attending a seance and asking the dead for spiritual help was one option. Some brilliant sleuthing was another--before Jake's next deadline turned out to be her own funeral.

Introducing Jake O'Hara
With her books sporting other people's names, ghostwriter Jake O'Hara works behind the scenes. Or at the scene of the crime. As good at detection as she is at dreaming up whodunits, the gutsy, single, wisecracking New Yorker has a knack for spotting a nice set of biceps, a great martini--and the devious turnings of the criminal mind...