Praise for the novels of Heather Graham
âAn incredible storyteller.â
âLos Angeles Daily News
âGraham wields a deftly sexy and convincing pen.â
âPublishers Weekly
âA fast-paced and suspenseful read that will give readers chills while keeping them guessing until the end.â
âRT Book Reviews on Ghost Moon
âIf you like mixing a bit of the creepy with a dash of sinister and spine-chilling reading with your romance, be sure to read Heather Grahamâs latest ⦠Graham does a great job of blending just a bit of paranormal with real, human evil.â
âMiami Herald on Unhallowed Ground
âEerie and atmospheric, this is not late-night reading for the squeamish or sensitive.â
âRT Book Reviews on Unhallowed Ground
âThe paranormal elements are integral to the unrelentingly suspenseful plot, the characters are likable, the romance convincing, and, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Grahamâs atmospheric depiction of a lost city is especially poignant.â
âBooklist on Ghost Walk
âGrahamâs rich, balanced thriller sizzles with equal parts suspense, romance and the paranormalâall of it nail-biting.â
âPublishers Weekly on The Vision
âHeather Graham will keep you in suspense until the very end.â
âLiterary Times
âMystery, sex, paranormal events. Whatâs not to love?â
âKirkus on The Death Dealer
For NYCâan amazing place, and for a few of the people who have also made it more amazing by being there.
For Aaron Priest, and all those at the agency: Lucy Childs, Lisa Vance, Nicole James, Arleen Priest, and John Richmond.
And, of course, for my MIRA Books editors in the Big Apple: Adam Wilson, Leslie Wainger,
Margaret Marbury, and Krista Stroever, who went above and beyond and walked the streets of the old Five Points region with me. Thank You!
Yes, ready for my cemetery tour now â¦!
Someone was following her.
Stalking her.
Sheâd heard the footsteps. Among the deserted streets and the canyons of tall buildings; the sound seemed to echo from everywhere.
The night was extremely dark, and, Ginger Rockford thought, you would have believed that the streets were lit by centuries-old gas lamps, as theyâd supposedly been during the filming that day.
A hot afternoon had turned into a chilly, misty night, and a fog was rolling in from the river.
The area seemed ridiculously quietâexcept for that sound she heard now and then, a click-click, like a footfall, and then a shuffling noise, as if her stalker dragged a foot.
Great. Chased through the streets by a gimp.
It was New York City, for Godâs sake. Millions lived on this tiny island.
So where the hell were they all now?
Ginger turned around to look back in the direction from which she had come. She could still see the row of trailers on Whitehall Street; she had just left one. Sammy Vintner, fat-old-ex-cop studio guard, was still on duty, but she saw that he was on the phone.
He was the only living soul she saw.
There were markers where the tape had been that had held the crowd back during the day, separating the filmmakers from the plebs hoping to catch a glimpse of megastar Bobby Walden.
She cursed Bobby Walden. While sheâd waited, believing that he was really going to call her, Bobby had surely been picked up by a big black limousine.
Bobby was a somebody. She was a nobody.
But at least Bobby had spoken to her. The female lead, Sherry Blanco, had almost knocked her over, and she hadnât even apologized. Well, maybe Sherry would learn. Ginger had done a lot of studying up on actors and their careers. She estimated that Sherry Blanco had about three years leftâshe was nearly thirty-five, and it was starting to show. Sherry was pretty, but she couldnât really act. Nor had she been known for any kindness to the young hopefuls with whom she had worked. Ginger hoped with her whole heart that she might be a rising star when Sherry was a burned-out has-been.
At least Angus Avery, the up-and-coming director, had noticed her. Okay, so his words werenât every girlâs dream. âPerfect! I mean, damn, do you look the role of the immigrant prostitute, her dreams already vanquished!â That was how she had gotten to be the one on Bobbyâs arm, and how she had managed to flirt with him.
And then he had said that they needed to hook up, and taken her phone number.
So she had sat in the trailer well past time to leave; Missy Everett and Jane Deaverâwho had played the other two young prostitutes in the sceneâhad begged her to leave with them. Their day of extra-stardom was over. They should celebrate, and wonder if theyâd wind up on the cutting-room floor.
She, like a fool, had refused to leave; sheâd been waiting for Bobby. And she should have left. The set was a construction site. The ugly old building that had been there had been razed to the foundations and a few structural walls. There were rumors about the site; bad things had happened there. She didnât really know whatâshe wasnât into history. Maybe it had been an old burial ground. But it had been perfect for the set designers when they had installed their prefabricated backdrops and facades, and it had been right next to Blair House, a truly creepy old place. She hadnât been spooked during the day. The day had been chaotic with actors and crew, one shot being set up while another was being shot, sometimes over and over again if Avery didnât like the lighting or the camera angle.