Goodlow's Ghosts

T.M. Wright's latest foray into the hazy place between life and death proves once again that no one can do it better. With a master's touch he leads you into the clammy realm of the dead - and back out again. Come now on a new adventure into the world of Goodlow's Ghosts....Sam Goodlow isn't sure if he's dead or not. He can see his fiancee but she can't see him. And if he is dead then who killed him - and why?Ryerson Biergarten has known about and used his psychic talents since he was a teenager, so he's just the person to help Sam.His work is cut out for him as he tracks down the "gateways" between our world and the next that allow people and ghosts to slip into dimensions where they have no business being.With his faithful dog Creosote along to help, Ryerson works to unravel the mystery of what's gone wrong in space and time and to find out who killed Sam. And why. Once he has the answers, Sam Goodlow will finally be able to rest in peace.

From Publishers Weekly

Short on plot but unusual in substance, this horror tale teams a psychic and the ghost of a murdered PI. Boston detective Sam Goodlow has met his demise at the hand of a hit-and-run driver, but refuses to believe he's really dead; his confused spirit wafts to the home of psychic Ryerson Biergarten. Although taken aback by Goodlow's spooky, transparent appearance, Biergarten feels sympathetic toward the oafish yet affable PI and decides to investigate. He finds "gateways" into another dimension through which physical bodies can pass, apparently accounting for at least a few of the faces pictured on milk cartons. Wright ( Little Boy Lost ) theorizes at length about what it's like to see, or be, a ghost, but there's not much return on reader investment here. Extraneous vignettes about men seduced by not-of-this-world women only string the audience along, and appearances by near-human apparitions, some of whom identify themselves as Goodlow, are simply never explained. Wright's provocative ideas, which could serve as raw material for several books, are never brought to fruition. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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