Archivist

A 2020 14th Annual National Indie Excellence Award finalist for New Fiction. The 2020 Royal Palm Literary Award Gold Medal for Published Mystery Novel. No one believes her. Yet. When Archivist Andrea Kelley scores a sweet rental in Charleston, WV, she discovers it's already occupied. But the early rising, bacon-loving ghost of six-year-old Billie Mae makes for a tolerable roommate. Until two bodies turn up nearby and Billie Mae launches a full-fledged haunting offensive. Scared, but determined to find the truth behind the little ghost's murder, Andrea uses her considerable research skills and position at a powerful repository to investigate the strange circumstances surrounding Billie Mae's death-and her mother's confession of murder. But will Billie Mae's antics be enough to convert her biggest skeptic to her cause? Detective William Taka is pretty sure Andrea is losing her sanity and dragging him down with her, but he has his own troubles. He's pissed off his superiors, relit an old feud with a formidable ex-ally, and now someone's tracking his every move. Caught between an increasing phantom fury and the consequences of Taka's actions, Andrea confronts the local crime boss, the cops, the dead, and her own past to find a way forward for all of them. Can she unearth a long-hidden secret before both she and Taka end up six feet under?

The restless ghost of a Virginia plantation slave lands archivist Andrea Kelley and her detective BFF smack in the middle of a modern-day human trafficking ring and a century old family mystery. Aaron, the ghost haunting Louie's Gastropub, has become the bane of archivist Andrea Kelley's existence. She's been blocked at every turn by the inability to communicate with him, the glacial pace of historical research just to find a starting place to look for him, and her BFF Detective William Taka's refusal to have anything more to do with ghosts. But when Aaron leads her to a murder victim outside Louie's, her desperation reaches new heights. Following a lead based on the tattered uniform Aaron sometimes wears, Andrea attracts the attention of the police, shady, finger-in-every-till-in-town businessman Dewey Sanderson, and an even larger shark cruising Charleston, WV's underground. With his job on the line, Taka agrees to help Andrea discover what Aaron needs from her-and what he knows about the murder. Their bond opens the door to Aaron's past too wide, though, and Andrea suffers the sins of the past. Can she find the grit she needs to ignore the suspicions being cast at her? How about enough to survive the attentions of a killer?

The plan was to hop a train to Oslo, hang out at a coffee shop, and connect my personal archive, Infinity, to the Internet. Yes, completely disregarding the well-established fact that magic and technology didn't mix. At all. I was also hoping to browse as many bookstores as I could before my younger brother's patience ran out. Unfortunately, the five-year-old fledgling dragon was better known for his exuberant - and ultimately destructive - tendencies rather than his attention span. I almost pulled it all off. Almost proved that my position as Archivist of the Modern World wasn't just an empty title. Then I got summoned - by the most powerful beings in the magical world. And when the guardian dragons made a request, no one denied them. Not even a lesser dragon. Not even if it tore me away from everything I'd ever known - and the one person I couldn't leave behind. Awakening Infinity is a prequel novel in the Archivist series, which is set in the same universe as the Dowser, Oracle, Reconstructionist, Amplifier, and Misfits of the Adept Universe series. Reading order of the Archivist Series • Awakening Infinity (Archivist 0) • Invoking Infinity (Archivist 1) • Compelling Infinity (Archivist 2)