Seven Minutes Past Murder

The dead cannot lie. But they can accuse. And in Ashveil, where corpses whisper secrets to those who dare listen, twenty-four-year-old Lyra Kaine has become the kingdom's most dangerous truth-seeker.

As apprentice to the Royal Necromancer, she possesses a forbidden gift that allows her to commune with the recently deceased for exactly seven minutes before their souls slip beyond reach forever. When a series of brutal murders begins decimating the noble houses, Lyra finds herself thrust into ...