The Forever Summer

July 1, 2007
Single-mother Lila Abbott, suffering empty-nest syndrome asherdaughter starts college in faraway California, works as a grocery checker in Port Gamble. But when Emily Ruth Griffin drops dead after eating a sample from Lilas demo tray, and then haunts the store every Monday at the hour of her passing, Lila must use her ghost-whispering talent to set Emily Ruth at rest. Lucas Griffin just wants Emily Ruth to vacate the family summer home, but his own very publicly announced feelings toward his ex-wife/widowed sister-in-law (she seduced his brother while still married to him) make him the prime suspect in her murder. Lila doesnt believe for one minute that he did it, and she sets out to prove it, motivated bytheir mutual physical attraction. A neurotic produce stocker, high-maintenance Pomeranian, uncooperative police chief, and the requisite best friend/confidante round out the cast of MacPhersons contemporary romance set during one memorable summer in a small town on the West Coast.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2007, American Library Association.)