For the past year, Joanne Walker has spent her time
adjusting. She has switched careers, from working under
the hood of police cars to becoming a new detective on the
police force, died and come back to life with Shamanistic
powers, as well as gained and lost a talking coyote that
was her only source of knowledge on how to use these
powers. She has finally come to accept her new roles, and
work at them, as well as having developed a romantic
relationship with the mechanic who took her place in the
garage, whom she aptly nicknamed Thor.
So with life riding smoothly, helping a friend throw a
Halloween party seems like a great idea, until some ghosts
try to possess the entertainment. Add to it a murder and
theft of an ancient cauldron at the museum and Joanne is
off to solve the mystery and save the world, before the
dead walk earth for good.
WALKING DEAD is the fourth book in C.E. Murphy's Walker
Papers series. Readers have waited two years since the
last book, and Ms. Murphy didn't disappoint her fans.
Joanne is a strong if not still somewhat reluctant hero,
with more interest in working on her car Petite than doing
her nails. She is yet awkward using her shamanic powers,
but relies more on herself in this book than she has in the
past, which shows growth. The mix of Celtic and Native
American mythos may confuse some at first, but once you get
to know the story, you find that increases the charm of it.
Seattle’s a great place to live…if it weren’t for the undead.
For once, Joanne Walker’s not out to save the world. She’s
come to terms with the host of shamanic powers she’s been
given, her job as a police detective has been relatively
calm, and she’s got a love life for the first time in
memory. Not bad for a woman who started out the year mostly
dead.
But it’s Halloween, and the undead have just crashed
Joanne’s party. Now she has to figure out how to break the
spell that lets ghosts, zombies and even the Wild Hunt come
back. Unfortunately, there’s no shamanic handbook explaining
how to deal with the walking dead.
And if they have anything to say about it–which they do–
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