Karen Hamilton-Viall
Karen Hamilton-Viall was inspired to write about ghosts after living with one when she was 19. It made lots of noises, threw things about the house and made her wonder if there really was life after death. Ever since then she has been fascinated with the paranormal and things that go bump in the night and has continued to have supernatural experiences throughout her life. She has drawn on all these experiences to write her first novel about gifted psychic, Ada Baker, who uses her special abilities to solve crime. Karen lives on the Essex/Suffolk border with her husband, where they talk about history a lot, play German board games and go for long walks.
Paranormal murder mystery
Ada Baker Mysteries
The Curious Life of Ada Baker
‘Ada Baker was a psychic. She was the seventh daughter of two parents who were both seventh children. And she had been gifted with some extraordinary powers.’ Ada Baker is a gifted psychic, who shares her home with three bored ghosts. Spending their days roaming around Ada’s house offers little amusement, and so the three of them convince Ada to help them investigate the mysterious death of local beauty Mary Watts, who is found naked and strangled in her bathtub. This begins a series of exciting adventures for Ada, as she draws on her unique skills to help solve this heinous crime. Along the way, she must convince a sceptical detective of her aptitude for channelling the abilities of the dead, avoid the unwanted attentions of a sinister stalker, and try to enlist the help of a squadron of ghostly spitfire pilots to save her own life. Can the dead really bring justice for Mary and help save the living too? Will Ada solve the mystery of her murder? Or will Ada’s curiosity lead to her own demise, causing her to end up as a ghost herself?
