Review: I liked it even better than Past Midnight.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2012
Mara Purnhagen, <strong>Raising the Dead</strong> (Harlequin, 2011)Purnhagen follows up <em>Past Midnight</em> with this novella, meant to bridge the gap between that and the second full-length in the trilogy, <em>One Hundred Candles</em> (which technically makes this the second entry in the Past Midnight series). I enjoyed <em>Past Midnight</em> a bunch (cf. review 1Nov10), but in some ways I liked this even better; it's shorter, a bit more focused on the actual mystery (who's the stranger hanging around an old family cemetery that was partially washed away during a hurricane?) while still providing backstory and letting us get to know the gang from Past Midnight better. And while the climax feels ambiguous, Purnhagen offers enough clues in the way she words things to let you know what's what. Good stuff, this, and strengthens my resolve to read the rest of the series. ****