Kat Richardson was born in California, got a degree from Cal State Long Beach, and lived and worked there for some years before moving to Seattle. She currently lives on a sailboat, with two ferrets (something that will surprise no one who has read this book) and, well, the rest of her family. She’s done magazine work as well as curriculum and technical writing for various institutions. Her books are generally described as spec-fic/paranormal mysteries, in the more literal definition of ‘paranormal’ and not a shortening for ‘paranormal romance.’ This novel is the first in a series; books 2 and 3 are already released, and if I’m not horribly mistaken, book 4 will be out in January of next year. (Books 5 and 6 are already contracted, so we know we’re going that far, at least.)

Harper Blaine is a P.I.; mostly this involves chasing paperwork, until one day she’s beaten senseless — well, actually, to death — by someone she was paid to find. She’s dead for two minutes before the EMTs revive her; after this, she starts having weird dizziness and headaches. Eventually she finds out that she now is a Greywalker — someone who can see into and go into the Grey, the sort of something that separates this world from the next. So she can see ghosts and she can disappear, in practical terms. Unfortunately, she doesn’t like it — not one bit. And now all sorts of paranormal beings are coming to her, since they know she can see them and help them with their problems. Can she make it go away? Barring that, can she help the people (vampires and ghosts) who are asking her for help, and what’s with this parlor organ? (more…)

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