All Done With It (A Dreamwalker Mystery)
Paranormal Cozy Mystery
7th in Series
Publisher: Camel Press (August 11, 2020)
Number of Pages 211 pages

Synopsis

A Jane Doe jogger homicide near the swamp mystifies Dreamwalker Baxley Powell. The petite woman carried no ID, and no one recognizes her. Worse, a shadow passes from the body to a deputy, rendering him unconscious. The deputy and the corpse are dispatched to the hospital and morgue, respectively.

With summer heat and pending childbirth on her mind, Baxley’s dreamwalks into the spirit world fail to yield leads, frustrating Baxley and her deputy husband, Native American Sam Mayes. Days later, Jane Doe’s description matches a missing Mississippi woman. Turns out, her new husband is missing too. Jane’s sketchy brother-in-law and her aunt arrive, full of secrets. At Jane’s campsite, the team encounters a terrifying anomaly, nullifying Baxley’s senses. With such danger present, they must protect their unborn child. No more dreamwalks will occur until Baxley gives birth.

When her friend Bubba Paxton vanishes, Baxley sights him in a mirror, trapped between worlds with other souls.

Meanwhile, the shadow invades other hosts, demanding to see Baxley. Mayes and Baxley ignore the shadow as they rescue Bubba, untangle the Jane Doe case, and handle missing persons reports.
To free the trapped people, Baxley must outwit a powerful foe. Can she stop this super villain before he steals her soul?

In this 7th Dreamwalker Mystery, female sleuth and psychic crime consultant Baxley Powell works a homicide case that leads straight to an evil force in the spirit world. The stakes? Her soul, her unborn child, and humanity’s freedom.

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Guest Post

The Shadow

By Maggie Toussaint

In the first chapter of ALL DONE WITH IT, a shadow entity makes its appearance. Much to everyone’s horror, the shadow decamps from the murdered jogger and invades Ronnie, one of the sheriff’s good-ole-boy deputies.

My sleuth, Baxley Powell Mayes, and her family have never encountered the like. It boggles their minds that a swamp vapor could pass from person to person. Worse, when the deputy awakens, the shadow entity controls his consciousness.

This sentient villain alters the host’s personal behaviors, critical thinking, and even their gait. Ronnie, for instance, a solid young man of little ambition, suddenly improves his grooming, his clothing, and the healthfulness of his food. However, the personality upgrade comes at a price. Ronnie speaks sentence words out of order.

Clearly the entity is trying to rewire his brain but it’s not a good fit. Ronnie’s best friend and fellow deputy, Virg, is beside himself with anxiety. He orders Baxley to get it out of him. Only, how does one drive out a dusky vapor without harming Ronnie? Baxley and her Dreamwalker team network among their associates for help.

To make matters worse, Shadow Ronnie demands to see Baxley in person. Her husband, Deputy Sam Mayes, forbids it. After all, Baxley is nine months pregnant with their son. In fact, Mayes suggests it would be best for the baby if Baxley didn’t return to the swamp or dreamwalk until after she gives birth—and she agrees.

Then the unspeakable happens. People begin to vanish from all around the county. No one knows why, and Baxley can’t search the afterlife for them. Malignant forces are at work, and humanity’s best-suited sleuth is sidelined. The Dreamwalker is left to wrestle with her choices and to answer this question: what can she do?

About the Author

Southern author Maggie Toussaint writes cozy and paranormal mysteries, romantic suspense, and dystopian fiction, with twenty fiction novels published. A three-time finalist for Georgia Author of the Year, she’s won three Silver Falchions, the Readers’ Choice, and the EPIC Awards. She’s past president of Mystery Writers of America-Southeast chapter and an officer of LowCountry Sisters In Crime. She lives in coastal Georgia, where secrets, heritage, and ancient oaks cast long shadows.

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