The Keeper of Lonely Spirits
A Novel
E.M. Anderson
- "Anderson
- writes
- a
- curmudgeonly
- immortal
- protagonist
- and
- a
- (literally)
- haunting
- story
- full
- of
- heart;
- a
- delightful
- novel."
- —Library
- Journal
- starred
- review**In
- this
- mesmerizing,
- wonderfully
- moving
- queer
- cozy
- fantasy,
- an
- immortal
- ghost
- hunter
- must
- confront
- his
- tragic
- past
- in
- order
- to
- embrace
- his
- found
- family.Find
- an
- angry
- spirit.
- Send
- it
- on
- its
- way
- before
- it
- causes
- trouble.
- Leave
- before
- anyone
- learns
- his
- name.**After
- over
- two
- hundred
- years,
- Peter
- Shaughnessy
- is
- ready
- to
- die
- and
- end
- this
- cycle.
- But
- thanks
- to
- a
- youthful
- encounter
- with
- one
- o’
- *them
- folk
- in
- his
- native
- Ireland,
- he
- can’t.
- Instead,
- he’s
- cursed
- to
- wander
- eternally
- far
- from
- home,
- with
- the
- ability
- to
- see
- ghosts
- and
- talk
- to
- plants.Immortality
- means
- Peter
- has
- lost
- everyone
- he’s
- ever
- loved.
- And
- so
- he
- centers
- his
- life
- on
- the
- dead—until
- his
- wandering
- brings
- him
- to
- Harrington,
- Ohio.
- As
- he
- searches
- for
- a
- vengeful
- spirit,
- Peter’s
- drawn
- into
- the
- townsfolk’s
- lives,
- homes
- and
- troubles.
- For
- the
- first
- time
- in
- over
- a
- century,
- he
- wants
- something
- other
- than
- death.But
- the
- people
- of
- Harrington
- will
- die
- someday.
- And
- he
- won’t.As
- Harrington
- buckles
- under
- the
- weight
- of
- the
- supernatural,
- the
- ghost
- hunt
- pits
- Peter’s
- well-being
- against
- that
- of
- his
- new
- friends
- and
- the
- man
- he’s
- falling
- for.
- If
- he
- stays,
- he
- risks
- heartbreak.
- If
- he
- leaves,
- he
- risks
- their lives.*
