title: Secondhand Spirits: A Witchcraft Mystery
author:  Juliet Blackwell 
description: <b>Juliet Blackwell </b>is the pseudonym for the <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of the Haunted Home Renovation Mystery series. She also writes the Witchcraft Mystery seriesand, together with her sister, wrote the Art Lovers Mystery series as Hailey Lind. The first in the series, <i>Feint of Art</i>, was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel. She is also the author of the novels <i>Letters from Paris</i> and <i>The Paris Key. </i>As owner of her own faux-finish and design studio, the author has spent many days and nights on construction sites renovating beautiful historic homes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
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  # SPIRITS RISING
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Book 1 of the Spirit Caller Series
  
  
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  # Published by KRISTA D. BALL
  
  
  # Copyright 2012 by Krista D. Ball
  
  
  # Edited: Faith Carroll with http://www.havefaithproofreading.com
  
  
  # ISBN: 978-1-4660-5265-9
  
  
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  # Author’s Note:
  
  
  # Please note that I use Canadian spelling; we’re big fans of the letter U!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # CHAPTER 1
  
  
  # The Problem with Not-People
  
  
  
  
  
  “I’m not sure about this latte thing, Rachel,” my elderly neighbour said.
  Steam billowed from the bright blue-and-yellow mug in her hands that read,
  BEST GREAT-GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, the second “great” having been scribbled above
  the other with a black marker. She sniffed, her face uncertain.
  
  
  “Go on, Mrs. Saunders,” I urged. “I think you’ll like it. Where’s my mail?”
  
  
  She shot me her signature “don’t rush me, missy” look before saying, “It’s in
  the basket by the microwave. I got Amy to pick it up from the post office for
  you every few days.”
  
  
  “I’ll give her a call