Also, the multiple points of view are occasionally hard to keep track of, especially when it isn’t yet clear how they intersect. Annaliese's and Simone’s stories are engaging and heartbreaking Brette’s point of view, though, is less interesting and never seems as urgent. As Brette communicates with a spirit and tries to unravel the mystery behind one of the ship’s tragedies, Meissner ( Secrets of a Charmed Life, 2015, etc.) also tells the stories of two of the ship’s passengers: Annaliese Lange, who is escaping from a marriage to a Nazi, and Simone Devereux, who lost her family in the war. That is, until an old classmate needs her help and Brette inadvertently becomes drawn into the lives of three women from the past. The ability to see the dead runs in her family, but ever since an aunt told her she was better off ignoring the ghosts she encounters, that’s exactly what she’s done. A woman who can see ghosts becomes tangled in a mystery involving European war brides who crossed the Atlantic on the Queen Mary.īrette has had the sight since she was a little girl.
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