Mrs. Quarterhorse (The Mrs. Quarterhorse Series Book 1)

Ghosts howl from the high perches of Mrs. Quarterhorse's domain, they skulk in the shadows, and, when provoked, will shake the earth beneath her feet!But first——After months in seclusion—as a patient and then as a pariah for having started a pandemic—a young card-reader tiptoes cautiously back out into society, eventually into the orbit of a curious new client called Mrs. Quarterhorse who seeks an occultist to assist her in a séance—intended, ostensibly, to investigate a lingering family mystery, but mostly just as an amusement to get through a tedious lockdown.The story meanders with good humour through a muggy summer toward its pivotal séance, allowing the two central characters (and the reader) to sufficiently acclimate before an abrupt chill (literal, metaphorical, and supernatural!) The story's final act then unfolds over a single day of fateful convergence—our protagonists are forced to confront the very real ghosts they've raised, and Mrs. Quarterhorse to accept a solution to her mystery so beastly it is left to the reader to decipher on their own.Mrs. Quarterhorse is the first book in the Mrs. Quarterhorse series.