PAPER GHOSTS

By Julia Heaberlin

From the word ‘go’ this book feels like you’re racing to win that Triple Crown. Not because the action blows you out of the water. Although that does occur, the real reason is because this author knows how to make the blood run cold as she introduces chilling characters, a frightening plot, and true psychological studies that delve into the darkest corners of the human mind.

Readers immediately meet up with this unknown person, a narrator who goes without a name; all that is known is she’s twenty-four years of age and has lived with an obsession for half of her life. A horrible crime was committed when this woman was only twelve years old. Her sister, Rachel, disappeared from her world in the great state of Texas and she has spent almost every waking hour since attempting to find out what happened.

There is a prime suspect when it comes to the crime. This woman believes that an older man by the name of Carl Louis Feldman is to blame. His job is being a documentary photographer. He also is a man who once stood in front of a judge when he was tried for a girl’s murder. The narrator sees a link to ten other missing girls within this man’s eerie photos and she is determined to bring him down even if law enforcement cannot.

Carl, now at the age of sixty-one, is dealing with dementia and claims that he has no knowledge of his past. Not one to be stopped, this woman makes a plan, takes on the role of his long-lost daughter, and takes Carl from his halfway house on a road trip where she’s determined to have him reveal the truth.

The emotion is amazing. The scenes and characters are both so strong and so believable that at times it’s difficult to know who, exactly, is the pathological liar and serial killer sitting in that car. Get ready to be terrified!