num_pages: 316
description: What - or who - is buried in Susannah's backyard?When the nineteenth-century ghost of Maria de Silva wakes her up in the middle of the night, Suze knows this is no ordinary visitation - and not just from the knife at her throat, either. In life, Maria was the fiancée of Jesse - the same Jesse who was murdered a hundred and fifty years before. The same Jesse Suze is in love with.Maria threatens Suze: The backyard construction must cease. Suze has a pretty good idea what - or rather, who - Maria doesn't want found. But in solving Jesse's murder, will Suze end up losing him forever?
language: English
title: Darkest Hour
titlecomplete: Darkest Hour (The Mediator, #4)
characters: Susannah "Suze" Simon, Hector de Silva (Jesse), Clive Clemmings, Nancy Slater, Jack Slater, Maria de Silva, Adam McTavish, Jake Ackerman (Sleepy), David Ackerman (Doc), Paul Slater, Father Dominic, Brad Ackerman (Dopey), Andy Ackerman, CeeCee Webb, Rick Slater
genres: Chick Lit, Young Adult, Ghosts, Fantasy, Teen, Supernatural, Mystery, Romance, Fiction, Paranormal
ratings_count: 37133
places: Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
series: The Mediator
publisher: HarperCollins