The Ghost Killers of Black Ash Canyon - Paperback

by William Kerrigan (Author)

Fleeing a humiliating and much-publicized divorce, film scholar Mike Buckman rents a remote cabin on the Griswold Ranch in Black Ash Canyon. The ranch is in Santa Barbara County, near the fictional towns of Las Sombras, New Aarhus, and Lassiter Springs. He is soon drawn into the area's colorful past- fires, outlaws, mines, oil wells, a land dispute, a serial killer, and ghosts. He meets the alarming Valentina Griswold, her compatible daughter Cheyenne, and a cranky recluse named Solomon Barlow. A string of inexplicable events lead Mike, Cheyenne, and Solly to consult Billy Steele, their charismatic but opinionated neighbor. These four canyon residents become the founding members of a new team of paranormal investigators called "Ghost Killers." Their adventures test Mike's bravery and intelligence as well as his beliefs about supernatural phenomena. This novel's suspenseful, cleverly evolving plot will delight fans of both ghost stories and mysteries.

Author Biography

Educated at Stanford and Columbia, William Kerrigan has taught English literature at the state universities of Virginia, Maryland, and Massachusetts. He is the author and/or editor of eighteen books of literary scholarship and criticism, published by presses such as Harvard, Yale, and Johns Hopkins. Most recently he co-edited four volumes of John Milton's works for the Random House Modern Library. Now retired and living in California, he writes mystery novels, including a six-novel series chronicling the history of the movie business in his home state, starring Wallace Kerrigan (the author's grandfather) and his mistress Pearl Seagrove.