Readers will find themselves rooting for these characters."-"Publisher's Weekly," Starred Review "By delving into the adults' problems as they meld with the mystery of Nikki's disappearance, Price has given the book an adult veneer. Even the people in supporting roles are extremely well developed, especially the cemetery caretaker and his daughter, both of whom play crucial roles in Murray's maturation. "This superb debut novel concerns two very different individuals trying to discover the fate of a high school cheerleader who disappeared from a small California town. Together they may prove the astonishing possibility that Nikki is closer than anyone thinks."ġ.
Can he even believe in himself?Īlong comes Pearl, daughter of the cemetery caretaker, who befriends Murray and tries to enter his world. When he hears a new voice in the cemetery, he's sure it's Nikki, the cheerleader who has been missing for months. Is Murray psychic? He talks to the dead and comforts them in their lonely graves, even as they provide solace for him they are his best friends.
After Nikki, a murdered cheerleader, asks for help, Murray and Pearl, the daughter of the cemetery caretaker, try to prove that Nikki is closer than anyone thinks. Murray is a loner who talks to the dead and comforts them in their lonely graves.
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