The Ghost Women: A Novel by Jennifer Murphy
Detective Lola Germany knew that there had been a body found at the prestigious--and secretive--school St. Luke’s Institute of the Arts. What she had not prepared herself for was that the body of Abel Montague had been hanged from a tree upside down in the pose of the Hanged Man tarot card that was also in his back pocket. When Lola learns that Abel's girlfriend Pearl--whom he constantly cheated on--referred to her friend group as a coven, the investigation turns to Pearl and her friends. But then, more bodies begin to pile up with each posed in the style of a different tarot card and Lola feels like she is in a race against time and, perhaps, something that persists throughout or even in spite of time. When I spotted The Ghost Women: A Novel by Jennifer Murphy at a bookstore, I was immediately intrigued by both its title and cover. Once I began reading it, Murphy immediately sucked me into this complex tapestry of women who had been wronged (or worse) throughout t...
