The Last to See Me: The Last Ghost Series, Book One (1)

Book Pipeline 2017 Grand Prize Winner Winner of the Audiofile Magazine 2018 Earphones Award for FictionFor fans of Lauren Oliver and Kazuo Ishiguro, The Last to See Me is a spellbinding American ghost story deftly weaving past and present into an unforgettable narrative about a young woman's fight for a life of her own—long after her life is over. Over one hundred years ago, Emma Rose Finnis was born and died in the remote northern California town she now haunts. When she was alive, she was a lowly chambermaid and worse, a Finnis. Now, no one remembers her hardworking life and her grand dreams—because there are none left to remember. In a world where phantoms are considered "unclean," the spirits of her town have already been removed. All except Emma Rose. But when a determined hunter arrives with instructions to extinguish her once and for all, Emma Rose refuses to be hounded from her haunt, the stately Lambry Mansion. She's earned her place and she’ll keep it—even if it means waging a war on the living. After all, she's got nothing left to lose. The same might not be said for those who still enjoy the luxury of a breath . . .

About the Author

M Dressler's work has been praised by the New York Times as "splendid" and by Library Journal as the writing of a "natural born storyteller." Her stories and essays have appeared in the Kenyon Review, Literary Hub, the Washington Post, and many other journals and magazines. She always knew she would one day write a book about a ghost. "Characters," she's written, "they come to you. It's very strange how it happens. They're like ghosts, in the beginning. But ghosts who haven't lived, or even been born yet. So you work backwards . . . looking for clues about them, about who they might have been, from the way they haunt you. And in this way you never get away from them, and they never leave you." She writes from her homes in Utah and in North Carolina, where she is a professor at Guilford College. You can read more about her work at mdressler.com.

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