And when Liv loses her ability to see colors, you sense her fear and desperation it would be to use like becoming suddenly blind or deaf. It is no small feat to capture what it is like to grow up under the wing of a mentally ill parent and to make the fear that you yourself may be afflicted so incredibly tangible – which Ellison does more successfully than most. Where Ellison exceeds, hands down, is in her continued look at mental health issues. There is a slow build up of tension and then that snap of release as you begin to realize just exactly what happened, and by whom. Notes from Ghost Town is powerful, emotional, and haunting a touch of Jane Eyre gothic romanticism wafts from page to page as Liv follows the ghost of her first love. Does this mean that she will finally descend into the madness that has always haunted her mother? Now she can only see the world in shades of gray. In fact, even she doesn’t know if she is guilty or not.Īn aspiring artist, Olivia finds herself suddenly and inexplicably color blind. The ghost of Lucas leads her to make a chain of discoveries that may prove that her mother is innocent of this crime, but she is by no means in good mental health. With only a few days left until her mother’s trial for murder, Olivia (Liv), is visited by the ghost of her best friend and first love, Lucas – the boy they say her mother has killed. And Ellison does it again in this new mystery, Notes from Ghost Town. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it. Kate Ellison is the author of The Butterfly Clues, another haunting mystery that looks at the world of OCD with an artistic flair that is hard to describe, but is mesmerizing.
they all come together beautifully in this haunting mystery. With the murder trial looming just nine days away, Olivia must follow her heart to the truth, no matter how painful.
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