Shattered Echoes

By B. A. Shapiro

From the bestselling author of The Art Forger

Shattered Echoes is a psychological thriller about murder, madness, and the supernatural in Boston’s historic Back Bay. It is the story of Lindsey Kern, who, after the tragic death of her husband of less than two years, sells her house in the suburbs and moves into a renovated townhouse in the city, only to discover that an earlier tenant—over one hundred years earlier—apparently still lives on the premises.


After the tragic death of her husband of less than two years, Lindsey sells her house in the suburbs and moves into a renovated townhouse in the city, only to discover that an earlier tenant—over one hundred years earlier—apparently still lives on the premises. Lindsey wants to start over, but she is haunted by her past, by unfathomable guilt—and perhaps by a ghost.
 
Shattered Echoes is a psychological thriller about murder, madness, and the supernatural in Boston’s historic Back Bay.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Apr 15, 2014
• ISBN: 9781480492912

B. A. Shapiro

B.A. SHAPIRO is the author of The Art Forger, which was a New York Times bestseller, a #1 Indie Next Pick and the winner of the 2013 New England Book Award, among many other honours. Writing as Barbara Shapiro, she is also the author of five suspense novels and one non-fiction book. She lives in Boston and teaches creative writing at Northeastern University. Web: bashapirobooks.com Facebook: BAShapirobooks Twitter: @ba_shapiro

Reviews for Shattered Echoes

[carol420 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Lindsay doesn't believe in ghost in spite of everything in new apartment moving...her books constantly being rearranged... things like her forks disappearing... the dog in the apartment one floor below cowering in the corner and her entire apartment being saturated in the smell of lavender. The real estate agent uncovers some some old journals written in the 1840's by the wife of builder of the house. The story slowly unveils a life of domination by a drunken husband and the heartbreak of losing three small children. What transpired in past has come full circle in the present and Lindsay finds that her life is no longer her own. I got a little frustrated with Lindsay and her hard hardheadedness...but maybe she had good reason for resisting that are not revealed until the very end. It's not a real scary ghost story...if anything it's rather sad. Anyone that likes history, a little of the paranormal with their murder mystery will like this book.