Second Glance
By Jodi Picoult
Atria Books, 2003
Fiction, Supernatural

This story takes place in Vermont. An elderly man puts

his land up for sale so it can be developed. The local
Native American Indian tribe, the Abenaki insists the
land is a sacred burial ground and a protest develops.
When odd, supernatural events take place in the town
of Comtosook the land owner decides to hire a ghost
buster. Ross Wakeman comes to town. He is a man
haunted by the demise of his fiancée who died in a car
crash eight years previously. He dabbles with the
supernatural for the sole purpose of possibly connecting
to her from the beyond. Ross Wakeman meets Lia
Beaumont a person like himself who is searching for
something beyond the boundary of life and death.
Together they form a search friendship and ultimately
solve a crime of passion that took place a many years
previously and discover that the plot of land is not what
it was thought to be.

Why You Should Read This Book: This story sheds a

light on a period of time in the 1920's and 30's in
American history where the government was engaged
in eugenic experiments. This story shows how things
past can come back to haunt us literally and figuratively.
It is a story of love, fate and a crime of passion.