Shawn McLain
Alex and his family have been hired to restore the long-abandoned Van Tassel Manor. But what begins as another job soon becomes something far more dangerous when they discover that the victims of the manor’s violent past never left.In 1892, after years marked by war and violence, Henry Van Tassel returned home hoping to raise a family and forget the trauma of his past. Instead, murder and betrayal left his family dead and his once-proud manor falling into disrepair.More than a century later, the manor’s history and unwelcome residents threaten Alex, his family, and Chloe in ways they never expected. As violent spirits emerge and the danger surrounding the house grows, Chloe is drawn into a supernatural struggle that separates her from Alex and forces her to seek help from unlikely allies.Meanwhile, questions continue to mount. Who is the mysterious man who hired Alex’s family to restore the manor? Why is a three-hundred-year-old witch interested in the house? And after everything she has already endured, what does Chloe have to do to catch a break?The Van Tassel Murders is the second book in The Gray Girl series, continuing Chloe and Alex’s story as they face demons, witches, and vengeful ghosts.