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Voyagers by K.L. Nappier, ISBN # 1-55404-312-3

It’s autumn in 1896 in St. Louis, Missouri.  Greta Roscoe, a weary, beautiful redheaded young courtesan, pastes a fake smile on her face and tries to hide her internal shame and sorrow, being the perfect consort she was hired to be in order to save her younger sister from a similar fate as a paid companion.  At an elegant party, she meets the Reverend Aaron Shane, a young, enthusiastic Episcopalian priest who wants to save the souls of St. Louis’ wealthy high society. Greta and Aaron are introduced, make small talk and then go their separate ways, never to see each other again except at the occasional social gathering.

Until they are murdered on the same night and forced to go through the Afterlife together solving their own murders, that is.

Once dead, Greta and Aaron discover that their murders are related and it’s up to them to solve the crimes.  Aridite, their guide through the Afterlife, tells them that they “are dead too soon.  You can’t come forward, you’re not prepared…I just need to set you up with a goal to accomplish and then you can come forward.”

With Voyagers, K.L. Nappier has created an intriguing supernatural murder mystery that pulls you in from the first sentence.  Turning each page is like peeling another layer from a sweet Vidalia onion; layers of historical fiction, murder mystery who-done-it, romance, supernatural thriller, philosophical musings of the afterlife, drama, detective work and suspense make for a most delicious reading.

The back cover of the book sums it up perfectly: “If only things in the Afterlife were as simple as they seemed.”

Book Buzz Barometer: A-

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