The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington

by Mrs. Stanley's Bookshelf

Posted on January 31, 2013

Jade Kelley's senior year in high school is turning out to be more exciting and dangerous than she ever imagined it could be.  She and her family have just moved into a much bigger new house in a big town, she is the new girl at a more advanced, big school, and she just found out that a girl may have been murdered in her home.  True, it could have been accident when Kayla fell down the stairs, but no one believes the popular, athletic girl really fell on her own.  Everyone in school believes she was pushed by her boyriend, Donovan, the gorgeous guy that Jade is drawn to.  

As if the fact that a girl died on at the bottom of her stairs wasn't enough, strange things begin happening in her home.  Her brother, Colby, begins seeing a glowing girl in his room.  Jade is too sensible to believe in ghosts though.  Surely if ghosts existed, her mother would have come back to her after she died of cancer.  However, Jade quickly becomes a believer when Kayla contacts her through Colby demanding that she find her killer.  She isn't the kind of ghost to give up easily either.  She was a mean, bully in life, and death has not improved her personality!  Jade knows that her family is in danger if she doesn't do what Kayla wants. 

I enjoyed reading The Dead and Buried, even though it was predictable at times.  The story was fast paced and kept me interested throughout.  I got this book through netgalley as an uncorrected proof.  I hope to add the final copy to my library soon.