Ghost Walk by Heather Graham

This is my second book for the year and the second one by Heather Graham and if anything I enjoyed this even more than the first.

It is the story of Nikki DuMonde who gives ghosts tours in New Orleans and whose friend comes to her in the early morning hours at the same time she is being killed in another part of the city.  Though Nikki has had feelings about things in the past she has never seen ghosts before and now she is seeing them all the time.  She finds it very disconcerting and her best friend thinks she's losing it and more-or-less forces her to see a psychiatrist.

Enter Brent Blackhawk who is used to seeing ghosts and has been sent by his boss to solve the mystery of a dead FBI agent whom Nikki had had a chance encounter with.  After Brent becomes convinced that Nikki is the key to solving this mystery the two join forces and Brent helps Nikki with her unexpected and not very welcome gift.

Once again the mystery in this is very dissatisfying.  It is the backdrop of the story but doesn't read like a mystery novel and leaves me feeling as if I missed something.  The stories of both the people and ghosts however more than make up for this and some of the stories about the ghosts or told on the ghost tours are almost like short stories all their own and are quite fun to read.  The obvious romance is reasonably enjoyable as well.  For a light read this is a descent book as long as you are looking for more of a ghost story and less of a mystery novel.