Tiff Banks is an investigator and only a few understand or accept that much of the information she gets that leads to solving a case comes from ghosts that were victims of violent death. She has two living in her house. But she finds out what life is like from their side when her soul separates from her body and the doctors can’t figure out why she isn’t waking up. She’s got to find a way to communicate with Royal to stop him from pulling the plug on the machines keeping her alive, as well as figure out how to get back into her body.

Finding the solution has them crossing into Downside and bringing characters together from both series as well as facing a scary adversary from their past; one who seems impossible to stop.

Well this was a nice treat since the author had announced that A Conspiracy of Demons, released in December 2012, would be the last in the series as she started a new one. There is enough information in this story to remind readers of what they might have forgotten, but it’s not a good place to start, especially if you hadn’t read either series. Along Came a Demon, the first book in the series, is free as of this writing.

This story is loaded with a great deal of emotion; pretty much hitting on every one you can think of with the story told from Tiff’s point of view and the situation she finds herself in. And through her eyes we see how it affects her Gelpha lover and investigative partner, Royal, as he needs to make a decision that would affect not only Tiff, but Downside as well as his own world.

I liked how the characters from the two series were brought together. We get a lot of interaction with Jack and Mel, her ghostly roommates as they help in the investigation and teach Tiff how to deal with her situation; experiencing the limitation in their existence certainly gives her a new perspective. ( )