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Award-winning author Scott William Carter returns with his tenth novel, a spellbinding tale of a man who bridges both sides of the great divide. After narrowly surviving a near-fatal shooting, Portland detective Myron Vale wakes with a bullet still lodged in his brain, a headache to end all headaches, and a terrible side effect that radical Everybody dies. After narrowly surviving a near-fatal shooting, Portland detective Myron Vale wakes with a bullet still lodged in his brain, a headache to end all headaches, and a terrible side effect that radically transforms his world for the worse: By some estimates, a hundred billion people have lived and died before anyone alive today was even born.
For Myron, they're all still here. That's not even his biggest problem. No matter how hard he tries, he can't tell the living from the dead. Despite this, Myron manages to piece together something of a life as a private investigator specializing in helping people on both sides of the great divide--until a stunning blonde beauty walks into his office needing help finding her husband. Myron wants no part of the case until he sees the man's picture Kindle Edition , pages.
Myron Vale Investigations 1. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Ghost Detective , please sign up. How far into the book are you, and do you like it? Also, have you read any of Carter's other books? I just finished the third book of a four book series called Witching Savannah, by J.
Unfortunately, the last book in the series won't be out till next month. I just HATE having to wait to read the next book! See 1 question about Ghost Detective…. Lists with This Book. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I really wanted to like this one - I've been in the mood for "I see dead people" types of stories since I watch The Sixth Sense again last month. I found this one in my search.
The author wrote a story that intrigued me - however, it was a little choppy and needed some editing. When the MC - Myron Vale - once a cop and now a private detective who sees ghosts after he was shot in the head - sees quite a few ghosts all the time but is talking to real people, it is imperative that dialogue is attri I really wanted to like this one - I've been in the mood for "I see dead people" types of stories since I watch The Sixth Sense again last month. When the MC - Myron Vale - once a cop and now a private detective who sees ghosts after he was shot in the head - sees quite a few ghosts all the time but is talking to real people, it is imperative that dialogue is attributed to the correct person.
A few times, I had to re-read the dialogue to make sure I was clear on who was talking So, what intrigued me? Myron is shot in the head during a botched robbery in a Starbucks. He is in a coma for a while and when he awakes, he sees ghosts. Sometimes, he cannot tell if people are real or ghosts. The medical staff thinks he is nuts.
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He is confused when his wife does not come to see him until he is in a straight-jacket in a padded room. Yes, Myron's wife is now a ghost. She was very much alive when he was shot. The story is about Myron coming to grips about his new world - he sees ghosts constantly - some ignore him, some confront him, and some want him to do things for them.
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Myron also struggles with a very angry, silent, bitchy ghost of a wife - there are big secrets. While the secrets are revealed at the end, I will say - I am glad she left him because her betrayal is huge and she is a bitch and I felt bad for Myron. In my mind, for such a betrayal and sequence of events, Myron's reaction is not what I thought it should be - he is too stoic - still in love with her.
Hopefully he moves on in the next books. The next books - will I read them? View all 10 comments. Then he happened into a robbery at a Starbucks and was shot in the head. When he wakes up six months later, he can see ghosts. In fact, he finds out that everyone who has EVER died is now a ghost and he's the only live person who can see them. Move ahead five years and now Myron is a private detective, working for both the living and the dead.
This is a fun concept "If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts. This is a fun concept for this story. Myron's many interactions with ghosts add that special touch that makes this more than a detective novel. It starts out with a definite noirish vibe, with the requisite hot blonde walking into his office to hire him.
But as the story progresses, its plotline deepens and the chapters alternate between past days and current times and the reader learns more about Myron and especially about his wife, Billie, and the story takes off. There is fantastic character development, snappy dialogue, and an interesting, intelligent plotline that kept me guessing up to the last page. If you like detective stories or murder mysteries or novels about the paranormal, try "Ghost Detective.
Aug 29, Cristy McCormick rated it did not like it.
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This book had a lot of flaws. First and foremost, I really had a hard time following parts of the story because there was a lot of punctuation problems, misspelled words, poor grammar, and other errors that the editors really should have picked up on. There were places that the writer managed to use the same word twice in a row, or inserted some totally random word into the sentence that didn't belong there at all. For me this made for a lot of distractions. Several times I had to go back and re This book had a lot of flaws.
Several times I had to go back and re-read the sentence at least once more to try and get the grasp of what was trying to be said. At one point, a character was talking to the main character and called him "holier than thou" only the phrase was written as "hollier then though" and I was so distracted by the fact that the phrase was butchered so badly that I had a hard time getting back into the story.
The phrase was used later on in the book and was correct, so I'm not sure what was going on that no one managed to catch these types of problems. Aside from the errors I just mentioned, I felt that the book was slow to start and the author really seemed to emphasize his own beliefs in a way that I felt like he was trying to really hammer the point home.
In my opinion it was totally unnecessary to do so. I don't mind reading about a character that has different beliefs than my own, but I felt that in this book the author really tried hard to make sure that his own spiritual beliefs were heard all the way throughout the book.
This made it even more difficult for me to enjoy the story since I felt like there was an alternative agenda. Now to address the fact that the book was slow to start. There were only a few introductory characters but it seemed that the author spent almost half of the book on backstories and fluff that was unnecessary.
When he finally buckled down and got to the story telling I found myself a little bit more enthralled with the plot. Unfortunately, that didn't happen for me until about three quarters of the way through the book, at which point I was just honestly wanting to finish the book so that I could move onto the next book in my TBR list.
If the author would have spent the amount of focus and effort in the first part of the book that he did for the last little bit, I would have been much more likely to continue on with the series. May 07, Tara Bush rated it liked it. Not a bad yarn, but it wasn't as exciting as I had hoped.
A lot of this was about setting the stage for future books - the chapters flipped back and forth between the past how Myron suddenly became able to see ghosts and how he struggles to cope and current day where he tries to find the killer for a ghost that has requested his services. So most of the story is about the living and the ghosts are only supporting characters.
I'd like to read more about the ghost world that the author is beginn Not a bad yarn, but it wasn't as exciting as I had hoped. I'd like to read more about the ghost world that the author is beginning to create Apr 21, Mike rated it really liked it Shelves: Fascinating supernatural concept with a decent hard boiled detective core. A little heavy on plot convenient coincidence, but still a compelling read. It's very rare that find a novel that's funny and sarcastic and poignant and scary, all at the same time.
Ostensibly, this is the story of a private detective who sees dead people. Since he's pretty much the only living person to be able to see the ghosts among us, he has earned a reputation among them as the "Ghost Detective," and many of his clients are actually dead. This novel, the first in what will undoubtedly be a series, begins in classic noir detective fashion when a gorgeous blond walks into Vale's office with a case she hopes he'll take - she wants to find out whether her husband, Tony Neuman, was responsible for her death three months earlier in a suspicious car accident.
Tony has disappeared, and Karen hopes Vale can find him and prove his innocence - she really wants to believe he was and still is a loving husband. Vale, who was a day away from a Hawaiian vacation with his wife, Billie, doesn't want to take the case. Even Karen's promise of a big paycheck can't sway him. That is until she shows him a photo of her missing husband. Tony Neuman, it turns out, is a dead ringer for the man who shot Vale five years earlier. And although Vale is warned by several well-meaning people not to get involved in this case including a dead priest who says, "The need for revenge is an inferno that consumes all, leaving nothing and no one unburned" , the chance to solve his own personal mystery is just too enticing.
When Myron Vale walks down the street, he can never be sure whether those he sees are living beings or ghosts. For example, it's only when he realizes that no one else can see the old guy trying to hand out bibles outside an office building that he understands the man is actually dead. Vale sees these ghosts everywhere, and he sees them all the time. As in Shyamalan's "The Sixth Sense," they come to him for help, they seem to gravitate to him because he alone among the living knows they're there.
But it can be exhausting. Some of the ghosts he encounters don't know they're dead. And more than a few times Vale has appeared insane when he finds himself in conversation with someone the rest of the living world can't even see. This is a world that seems to have rules and bureaucracy of its own, although Carter only drops hints of these in this first Myron Vale novel. There's an organization called the "Department of Souls," which keeps track of the so-called "dead census," and the "Immortal Living Adjustment Bureau" works to help the dead acclimate with their new "non-corporeal" condition.
As Carter explains it, ghosts are somehow able to create whatever they want, including clothing, jewelry, food, and drink. The dead fat guy with the hot dog cart, who calls himself Elvis, may or may not be the real thing - his hot dogs smell fabulous to Vale, but he can't touch or taste them.
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And Karen, the gorgeous blond with the bodacious chest, is nothing but thin air when he reaches out to touch her. Billie is a fascinating character, and she becomes even more fascinating as we learn more about her. She plays a central role in the novel's final act, which is both satisfying and unexpected. What if the dead really do move among us, sitting in the backseats of our cars, watching us as we work, walking beside us, visiting us in our homes?
How would it affect our belief in God, or in Heaven and Hell? Vale is a self-proclaimed atheist, but he does believe in ghosts - he has no choice but to believe. One of the ghosts, the would-be bible peddler, tells Vale that he still believes in God, even though death has brought him no closer to any real proof.
It just took a little faith. Why should I stop now? It wouldn't be easy to live in a world that so openly reveals what happens to us after death, as well as how few answers we are likely to find in that afterlife. I understand how hard it is for Myron Vale to keep himself sane.
That he is able to help the dead resolve the mysteries in their lives has given him a purpose that his own near-death experience almost took from him. I was provided a copy of this novel for review; the opinions expressed here are my own. Nov 13, Reyna Favis rated it it was amazing. This was a fun read that kept me engaged. While another reviewer disliked the story line about Myron's wife, stories are about people, and this part of the story rounded out the character of the ghost detective.
I enjoyed this unique blend of noir detective meets paranormal investigator. The sprinkling of humor was a wonderful counter balance to the pain and desolation Myron Vale experienced when all vestiges of his normal life were ripped away. I like the guy. I like the story. Looking forward to see the next book. If you like ghost stories or you can imagine Phill Marlow who can see ghosts, it is book for you.
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Oct 31, David Berger rated it it was amazing. Very creative take on a genre. How does one write an interesting and creative story in a genre that is flooded with good and bad efforts? Scott Carter found the way. He created marvelous characters that pulls empathy right out of the reader.
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I was disappointed that there was a ghost Elvis; Dean Koontz has one in his books too. Nothing against Elvis, but it stretched the suspension of disbelief. I'm looking forward to reading more in the series. May 25, Imjussayin rated it really liked it. Myron Vale 1 In A Nutshell: A clever story that bridges the hard boiled and paranormal genre. It delivers an equally good mystery and ghost story, with thrills, spills and laughter. Myron Vale has a bullet lodged in his head. Since then he can see ghosts.
The bullet ends his police career but triggers his journey to a PI. His new client Karen springs a surprise and not because she is a ghost. She wants to know if her husband Tony Neuman is her murderer.
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Vale recognises Ghost Detective: Vale recognises Tony Neuman as the man responsible for the bullet in his brain. This time it's personal, especially as his late wife assists him on the case. Vale is a keen detective who is funny and forgiving. He is fiercely loving, devoted and protective, but he doesn't share his problems. The story unfolds like a thriller and has interesting characters.
There is ample opportunity for romance, of the meaningful kind, and suspense. The plot is clever, perhaps if I were not so caught up in the reading, I would have sussed the end. The ghost world is well-developed, but a little scary. The premise is our lives continue where they left off. In spirit form, There is an inconsistency. Vale cannot tell the living from the dead. So how can he drive if he does not know the ghost cars from the reals ones? Is it a mystery for book 2.
Da Il is dragged to an isolated ground and gets buried alive. Police sirens wail in the neighborhood when the children rescued by Da Il reported what happened in the pre-school. But the cuprit, who took the children, already hanged herself in a grotesque way. Da Il frees himself from the soil ground soaking him to find Yeo Wool, who confesses about the strange death of her sister Yi Rang.
He coaches her to send a text message to all the people in the restaurant to bait the responsible person. A former colleague reveals the sexual harrassment Yi Rang received from the restaurant manager. At that same moment, the manager feels agitated receiving the text message, and even more when his son suddenly blabs why he killed Yi Rang.
They bump to a nearby post. When he wakes up, he fights off the hallucinations bothering him. He goes to the restaurant rooftop to jump, with Da Il and Yeo Wool trailing behind. Da Il lunges forward to prevent him from jumping, but only grabbed the wind, when he reaches for the manager. Yeo Wool successfully takes the manager back to a safe space, and confronts Da Il about the truth that he is already dead.
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We have a few weeks to accept his sad fate and that romance ala film Ghost might not fit in to the structure of the series, although we are not closing the possibility that it may be included.